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On OVS word orders in T3 grammars.

Authors :
Witkoś, Jacek
Source :
Theoretical Linguistics; Jun2022, Vol. 48 Issue 1/2, p99-112, 14p
Publication Year :
2022

Abstract

If so, not only the reflexive possessive I swój i "self's" encodes the antecedent/dependent relation; it is dedicated as a spell-out form of this relation only when the antecedent is nominative (so linked to the position of [spec, TP] in syntax (see (9): I Jan i SB 1 sb vs. I swoje i SB 1 sb "self's"). Yet as soon as the antecedent of the dependent is not marked for nominative, the pronominal possessive assumes the role of the correct PF-relevant spell-out form for a local antecedent/dependent relationship (as in (9): I Marii i SB 2,DAT sb vs. I jej i SB 2 sb "her") and (20): I Jana i SB 1 sb vs. I jego i SB 1 sb "his" and I Piotra i SB 2 sb vs. I jego i SB 2 sb "his"). In (i-ii) the verb (T) agrees with a nominative object, while its sub-constituent is bound by a dative antecedent: (i) Henni thykir bródr sinn/*hennar leidinlegar. she SB DAT sb thinks brother SB NOM sb self's/her boring "She finds her brother boring". I shall focus on two issues in this brief commentary paper: the OVS orders available in Slavic and unavailable in typical SVO languages and consequences of object scrambling for the phenomenon of QR in OV and T3 languages. [Extracted from the article]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
03014428
Volume :
48
Issue :
1/2
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Theoretical Linguistics
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
157281368
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1515/tl-2022-2034