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Filología, 2006
Información del artículo Notas sobre el doblado de clíticos en el español rioplatense: asimetrías... more Información del artículo Notas sobre el doblado de clíticos en el español rioplatense: asimetrías entre objetos humanos y no humanos.
Iberoamericana Vervuert eBooks, Dec 31, 2018
Cambridge University Press eBooks, Aug 22, 2019
Romance languages and linguistic theory, 2012
This paper centers on the nature of clitic doubling in River Plate Spanish. We present some novel... more This paper centers on the nature of clitic doubling in River Plate Spanish. We present some novel empirical observations regarding clitic doubling and its relation with extraction and ellipsis. Concretely, we show that clitic doubling ameliorates some island effects. However, this repair effect disappears under ellipsis. We claim that this anti-repair effect follows if clitic doubling is a PF operation (in the sense of Distributed Morphology) that is blocked under ellipsis. Crucially, anti-repair effects are not observed in contexts of clitic left dislocation. We propose then that this is because clitic left dislocation is a purely syntactic phenomenon and, as expected, is not affected by ellipsis. One important consequence that follows from our analysis is that Kayne’s Generalization (i.e. the fact that clitic doubling is dependent on differential object marking) has to be seen as a purely PF-phenomenon, an idea in consonance with Bobaljik’s (2008) recent findings on the relation between case and agreement. Keywords: clitic doubling; focus fronting; island repair; ellipsis; PF-resumption
CUADERNOS DE LA ALFAL
Los verbos de percepción (e.g. ver, oír) se pueden combinar en español simultáneamente con un obj... more Los verbos de percepción (e.g. ver, oír) se pueden combinar en español simultáneamente con un objeto directo y con distintos tipos de modificadores clausales. Ahora bien, cuando esta combinación se da con una pseudorrelativa, (e.g. que se caía en Ana vio a Juan que se caía) la posibilidad de pasivizar la cláusula matriz se pierde (*Juan fue visto que se caía). En este trabajo se demuestra que, a pesar del nombre, las pseudorrelativas son oraciones completivas. La imposibilidad de pasivizar las oraciones que las contienen, sostenemos, se debe a una restricción que los verbos de percepción física directa imponen a las cláusulas completivas según la cual el sujeto subordinado debe tener necesariamente referencia disjunta con el verbo principal. Esto explica no solo la imposibilidad de pasivizar estos verbos, sino también la de aplicarles reflexivización o se pasivo.
Linguistic Inquiry, Nov 3, 2021
Kalin and Weisser (2019) observe that Spanish, among other DOM languages, allow for what they cal... more Kalin and Weisser (2019) observe that Spanish, among other DOM languages, allow for what they called asymmetric DOM in coordination, that is, a DP coordinate structure in which an unmarked DP and a marked DP are conjoined. Given that coordinate structures are islands, asymmetric DOM challenges movement analyses for DOM. Yet, we show that alleged cases of asymmetric DOM in Spanish don't involve DP coordination, but coordination of a larger structure plus TP-ellipsis. Evidence involves binding, extraction, fragment answers and association with focus. Our conclusion is that asymmetric DOM doesn't exist in Spanish, a fact in consonance with movement analyses.
In this chapter, we put Clitic Doubling (CD) into the broad perspective of pronominal doubling ph... more In this chapter, we put Clitic Doubling (CD) into the broad perspective of pronominal doubling phenomena in Spanish. As a first step, in section 2, we describe some properties of this dialect that are relevant to the phenomena under study. Then, in section 3, we present a battery of diagnostics based on the interaction between CD and its prosodic/pragmatic effects, which let us demonstrate, against the current consensus, that Jaeggli-s (1982) observation regarding the dependency of CD on Differential Object Marking (DOM) i.e. Kayne-;s Generalization? holds in Argentinean Spanish. In addition, we provide a series of diagnostics concerning the interaction between CD and its syntactic/LF effects (Section 4). These diagnostics lead us to conclude that accusative CD is substantially different from both Clitic-Right Dislocation (CLRD) and Clitic-Left Dislocation (CLLD). In section 5, we present a novel analysis of CD that integrates the morphological effects of the phenomenon with its ...
Romance Languages and Linguistic Theory, 2012
This paper centers on the nature of clitic doubling in River Plate Spanish. We present some novel... more This paper centers on the nature of clitic doubling in River Plate Spanish. We present some novel empirical observations regarding clitic doubling and its relation with extraction and ellipsis. Concretely, we show that clitic doubling ameliorates some island effects. However, this repair effect disappears under ellipsis. We claim that this anti-repair effect follows if clitic doubling is a PF operation (in the sense of Distributed Morphology) that is blocked under ellipsis. Crucially, anti-repair effects are not observed in contexts of clitic left dislocation. We propose then that this is because clitic left dislocation is a purely syntactic phenomenon and, as expected, is not affected by ellipsis. One important consequence that follows from our analysis is that Kayne’s Generalization (i.e. the fact that clitic doubling is dependent on differential object marking) has to be seen as a purely PF-phenomenon, an idea in consonance with Bobaljik’s (2008) recent findings on the relation between case and agreement. Keywords: clitic doubling; focus fronting; island repair; ellipsis; PF-resumption
Filología, 2006
Información del artículo Notas sobre el doblado de clíticos en el español rioplatense: asimetrías... more Información del artículo Notas sobre el doblado de clíticos en el español rioplatense: asimetrías entre objetos humanos y no humanos.
Palabras en lluvia minuciosa, 2018
Linguistic Inquiry
Kalin and Weisser (2019) observe that Spanish, among other DOM languages, allow for what they cal... more Kalin and Weisser (2019) observe that Spanish, among other DOM languages, allow for what they called asymmetric DOM in coordination, that is, a DP coordinate structure in which an unmarked DP and a marked DP are conjoined. Given that coordinate structures are islands, asymmetric DOM challenges movement analyses for DOM. Yet, we show that alleged cases of asymmetric DOM in Spanish don’t involve DP coordination, but coordination of a larger structure plus TP-ellipsis. Evidence involves binding, extraction, fragment answers and association with focus. Our conclusion is that asymmetric DOM doesn’t exist in Spanish, a fact in consonance with movement analyses.
Filología, 2006
Información del artículo Notas sobre el doblado de clíticos en el español rioplatense: asimetrías... more Información del artículo Notas sobre el doblado de clíticos en el español rioplatense: asimetrías entre objetos humanos y no humanos.
Iberoamericana Vervuert eBooks, Dec 31, 2018
Cambridge University Press eBooks, Aug 22, 2019
Romance languages and linguistic theory, 2012
This paper centers on the nature of clitic doubling in River Plate Spanish. We present some novel... more This paper centers on the nature of clitic doubling in River Plate Spanish. We present some novel empirical observations regarding clitic doubling and its relation with extraction and ellipsis. Concretely, we show that clitic doubling ameliorates some island effects. However, this repair effect disappears under ellipsis. We claim that this anti-repair effect follows if clitic doubling is a PF operation (in the sense of Distributed Morphology) that is blocked under ellipsis. Crucially, anti-repair effects are not observed in contexts of clitic left dislocation. We propose then that this is because clitic left dislocation is a purely syntactic phenomenon and, as expected, is not affected by ellipsis. One important consequence that follows from our analysis is that Kayne’s Generalization (i.e. the fact that clitic doubling is dependent on differential object marking) has to be seen as a purely PF-phenomenon, an idea in consonance with Bobaljik’s (2008) recent findings on the relation between case and agreement. Keywords: clitic doubling; focus fronting; island repair; ellipsis; PF-resumption
CUADERNOS DE LA ALFAL
Los verbos de percepción (e.g. ver, oír) se pueden combinar en español simultáneamente con un obj... more Los verbos de percepción (e.g. ver, oír) se pueden combinar en español simultáneamente con un objeto directo y con distintos tipos de modificadores clausales. Ahora bien, cuando esta combinación se da con una pseudorrelativa, (e.g. que se caía en Ana vio a Juan que se caía) la posibilidad de pasivizar la cláusula matriz se pierde (*Juan fue visto que se caía). En este trabajo se demuestra que, a pesar del nombre, las pseudorrelativas son oraciones completivas. La imposibilidad de pasivizar las oraciones que las contienen, sostenemos, se debe a una restricción que los verbos de percepción física directa imponen a las cláusulas completivas según la cual el sujeto subordinado debe tener necesariamente referencia disjunta con el verbo principal. Esto explica no solo la imposibilidad de pasivizar estos verbos, sino también la de aplicarles reflexivización o se pasivo.
Linguistic Inquiry, Nov 3, 2021
Kalin and Weisser (2019) observe that Spanish, among other DOM languages, allow for what they cal... more Kalin and Weisser (2019) observe that Spanish, among other DOM languages, allow for what they called asymmetric DOM in coordination, that is, a DP coordinate structure in which an unmarked DP and a marked DP are conjoined. Given that coordinate structures are islands, asymmetric DOM challenges movement analyses for DOM. Yet, we show that alleged cases of asymmetric DOM in Spanish don't involve DP coordination, but coordination of a larger structure plus TP-ellipsis. Evidence involves binding, extraction, fragment answers and association with focus. Our conclusion is that asymmetric DOM doesn't exist in Spanish, a fact in consonance with movement analyses.
In this chapter, we put Clitic Doubling (CD) into the broad perspective of pronominal doubling ph... more In this chapter, we put Clitic Doubling (CD) into the broad perspective of pronominal doubling phenomena in Spanish. As a first step, in section 2, we describe some properties of this dialect that are relevant to the phenomena under study. Then, in section 3, we present a battery of diagnostics based on the interaction between CD and its prosodic/pragmatic effects, which let us demonstrate, against the current consensus, that Jaeggli-s (1982) observation regarding the dependency of CD on Differential Object Marking (DOM) i.e. Kayne-;s Generalization? holds in Argentinean Spanish. In addition, we provide a series of diagnostics concerning the interaction between CD and its syntactic/LF effects (Section 4). These diagnostics lead us to conclude that accusative CD is substantially different from both Clitic-Right Dislocation (CLRD) and Clitic-Left Dislocation (CLLD). In section 5, we present a novel analysis of CD that integrates the morphological effects of the phenomenon with its ...
Romance Languages and Linguistic Theory, 2012
This paper centers on the nature of clitic doubling in River Plate Spanish. We present some novel... more This paper centers on the nature of clitic doubling in River Plate Spanish. We present some novel empirical observations regarding clitic doubling and its relation with extraction and ellipsis. Concretely, we show that clitic doubling ameliorates some island effects. However, this repair effect disappears under ellipsis. We claim that this anti-repair effect follows if clitic doubling is a PF operation (in the sense of Distributed Morphology) that is blocked under ellipsis. Crucially, anti-repair effects are not observed in contexts of clitic left dislocation. We propose then that this is because clitic left dislocation is a purely syntactic phenomenon and, as expected, is not affected by ellipsis. One important consequence that follows from our analysis is that Kayne’s Generalization (i.e. the fact that clitic doubling is dependent on differential object marking) has to be seen as a purely PF-phenomenon, an idea in consonance with Bobaljik’s (2008) recent findings on the relation between case and agreement. Keywords: clitic doubling; focus fronting; island repair; ellipsis; PF-resumption
Filología, 2006
Información del artículo Notas sobre el doblado de clíticos en el español rioplatense: asimetrías... more Información del artículo Notas sobre el doblado de clíticos en el español rioplatense: asimetrías entre objetos humanos y no humanos.
Palabras en lluvia minuciosa, 2018
Linguistic Inquiry
Kalin and Weisser (2019) observe that Spanish, among other DOM languages, allow for what they cal... more Kalin and Weisser (2019) observe that Spanish, among other DOM languages, allow for what they called asymmetric DOM in coordination, that is, a DP coordinate structure in which an unmarked DP and a marked DP are conjoined. Given that coordinate structures are islands, asymmetric DOM challenges movement analyses for DOM. Yet, we show that alleged cases of asymmetric DOM in Spanish don’t involve DP coordination, but coordination of a larger structure plus TP-ellipsis. Evidence involves binding, extraction, fragment answers and association with focus. Our conclusion is that asymmetric DOM doesn’t exist in Spanish, a fact in consonance with movement analyses.
This thesis studies the Spanish Differential Object Marking (DOM) from a particular perspective a... more This thesis studies the Spanish Differential Object Marking (DOM) from a particular perspective about Case and the system of A-dependencies formulated in Pujalte (2012), Saab (2014, 2015), Pujalte and Saab (2012, 2014), Zdrojewski (2013, 2018) and Saab et al. (2022). The DOM phenomenon consists in that some direct objects bear a special morphological mark syncretic with the mark of datives, while other objects do not receive any mark, so that their realization is syncretic with subjects. The explanation of the phenomenon that is articulated in the thesis consists in the fact that the marked objects are subject to a movement operation that leaves them out of the syntactic domain in which the Agree operation takes place. This failure in the operation that licenses arguments in the syntactic component must be repaired in the course of the derivation in the morphology, by means of an operation of insertion of dissociated morphemes. The thesis is organized in two big parts. The first is dedicated to the delimitation and description of the phenomenon in Spanish. In chapter 2, three valid empirical generalizations are presented, which have been widely recognized in the literature; while in chapter 3, four generalizations based on semantic-pragmatic properties are discussed, and it is shown that these factors are not the primary triggers of the phenomenon. Part 2 is focused on the explanation of Spanish DOM. Thus, chapter 4 presents a proposal to account for the syntax of the phenomenon studied and chapter 5 is concerned with the morphology of Spanish DOM, which includes, on the one hand, the repair process of the unvalued case feature, and a proposal to explain the double pattern of syncretism.