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Case and the Event Structure of Nominalizations.
- Source :
- Linguistic Inquiry; Winter2018, Vol. 49 Issue 1, p85-121, 37p, 1 Diagram
- Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- This article explores the distribution of morphological case in Spanish nominalizations and shows that there is a connection between morphological case and event structure. Most nominals govern genitive case de on their internal arguments but some allow or require a different morpheme, a, reminiscent of differential object marking. I argue that the event structure of the nominalization is the crucial factor in choice of a, inasmuch as a is limited to process nominals that do not entail a change of state. The same distinction between process and changeof- state nominals is then extended to two other empirical puzzles regarding the interpretation of genitive arguments in nominalizations. I present a formal analysis assuming a syntax of events inspired by Ramchand (2008). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00243892
- Volume :
- 49
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Linguistic Inquiry
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 127466944
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1162/ling_a_00267