Connectivity in left-dislocation and the composition of the left periphery

Ott, Dennis

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“…The prospect that a single complementizer may serve more than one function in the same realization is independently corroborated by the following data, where the same que complementizer realizes more than one single function. Suppose that speaker A utters (90) 39 This is compatible with the proposal made by Ott (2015) that CLLD involves two clauses, with the dislocate being a fragment under ellipsis that is linearly juxtaposed to the host clause (i.e., Creo que no lo llamo a Pedro, que no lo llamo -'I believe that Peter, that I won't call him'). However, the reader should note that Ott (2015) puts aside embedded clauses.…”

Section: A Polyvalent Elementsupporting

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“…Suppose that speaker A utters (90) 39 This is compatible with the proposal made by Ott (2015) that CLLD involves two clauses, with the dislocate being a fragment under ellipsis that is linearly juxtaposed to the host clause (i.e., Creo que no lo llamo a Pedro, que no lo llamo -'I believe that Peter, that I won't call him'). However, the reader should note that Ott (2015) puts aside embedded clauses. At any rate, if this biclausal analysis is extended to recomplementation, then the discourse-marking function of double that/que becomes even more obvious: the reduplicative complementizer serves the role of linking the two clauses, precisely as would be expected if it can act as a discourse marker.…”

Section: A Polyvalent Elementsupporting

confidence: 52%

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Recomplementation in English and Spanish: Delineating the CP space

Villa-García

2019

Glossa: A Journal of General Linguistics

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The paper aims to provide a characterization of the colloquial phenomenon of recomplementation (i.e., that 1 /que 1 -XP [dislocated] that 2 /que 2 constructions) in both contemporary English and Spanish from a comparative perspective. I draw a systematic comparison between that 2 and que 2 and present a host of similarities in terms of the syntactic behavior and distribution of secondary complementizers in the two languages. Thus, I argue for a unified analysis of recomplementation in English and Spanish within Rizzi's (1997 et seq.) split-CP hypothesis wherein the flanked dislocate occupies the specifier of TopicP, whose head is spelled out as that 2 /que 2 . I therefore show that the structures of the peripheries of English and Spanish are not as different as they may appear to be at first sight. I also note several asymmetries between the two languages in terms of the interaction between recomplementation patterns and other constructions, and submit that these differences can be ascribed to independent factors: they are due to lexico-semantic and syntactic differences displayed by the two languages, but not to a different underlying leftperipheral architecture. The paper also investigates the reason(s) why secondary thats/ques are lexically realized and argues for the polyvalent nature of such iterative complementizers. I further propose that one of their functions is to mark discourse. The findings reported here also have far-reaching consequences for the contentious derivation of preposed topical phrases in the syntax of English and Spanish (including adjunct clauses), as well as ramifications to other existing debates. Glossa general linguistics a journal of Villa-García, Julio. 2019. Recomplementation in English and Spanish: Delineating the CP space. Glossa: a journal of general linguistics 4(1): 56. 1-44. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/gjgl.845 Villa-García: Recomplementation in English and Spanish Art. 56, page 2 of 44(2) Dicen que por culpa de los recortes presupuestarios, que la Universidad say that for guilt of the cuts budgetary that the University no volverá a abrir sus puertas. not will-return to open its gates 'They told me that because of the budget cuts, that the University won't re-open.'In Romance, several authors have concerned themselves with the phenomenon in different linguistic varieties (mainly in Asturian, Catalan, French, Iberian Spanish, European Portuguese and several Italo-Romance languages) and from both diachronic and synchronic perspectives (

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Section: A Polyvalent Elementsupporting

confidence: 52%

Recomplementation in English and Spanish: Delineating the CP space

Villa-García

2019

Glossa: A Journal of General Linguistics

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“…In this paper, I only deal with foci, but topics present intonational phrase boundaries (Astruc 2004; Feldhausen 2010, a.o.). See Ott (2015) for a non-cartographic analysis of topics that is consistent with their prosodic behaviour.…”

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confidence: 97%

Els fenòmens discursius com una finestra a les interfícies

Cerrudo¹

2019

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This paper examines the two lines of analysis that are generally pursued when dealing with discourse phenomena in the generative tradition: syntactico-centric and interface-based approaches. Syntactico-centric analyses are criticized because they need construction-specific mechanisms, while interface-based analyses sometimes challenge standard assumptions about the architecture of grammar. The discussion is mainly theoretical, but three case studies serve as exemplification: focalization, ellipsis and parentheticals. The second part of the paper is focused on parentheticals; a brief proposal is presented regarding the distinction between free and anchored parentheticals from a syntax-phonology interface perspective. The general conclusion is that following an interface-based perspective to approach discourse phenomena can help us gain new insights about the nature of the interfaces and their role in grammar. Resum. Els fenòmens discursius com una finestra a les interfíciesAquest article examina les dues línies de recerca que se segueixen generalment quan s'estudien fenòmens discursius en la tradició generativista: enfocaments sintàctico-cèntrics i d'interfície. Critiquem les propostes sintàctico-cèntriques perquè necessiten fer ús de mecanismes específics per analitzar cada construcció en qüestió, mentre que les propostes d'interfície de vegades posen en dubte l'arquitectura gramatical estàndard. La discussió és fonamentalment teòrica, però s'utilitzen tres casos d'estudi: la focalització, l'el·lipsi i els parentètics. La segona part de l'article se centra en els parentètics; es presenta una proposta bàsica per formalitzar les diferències entre parentètics lliures i ancorats (ang. free i anchored) des d'una perspectiva d'interfície sintaxi-fonologia. La conclusió general és que seguir una línia d'anàlisi d'interfície per tractar els fenòmens discursius pot ajudar-nos a comprendre millor la naturalesa de les interfícies i el seu paper a la gramàtica.

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“…With the exception of those that propose that topic movement is obtained by conjoining sentences and applying ellipsis to the identical material (cf. Ott 2011see Ortega-Santos 2016 for yet another view, where items displaced can land in a right branch), it is fair to say that the general consensus at this point is that CLRDs involve movement to a relatively high position, followed by remnant movement of a constituent containing the verbal complex. The issue that is most debated right now is the nature of the position to which CLRDs move, and specifically whether it is below or above TP.…”

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Information structure and its syntactic manifestation in Spanish: facts and proposals

Fábregas

2016

Borealis

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ABSTRACT. This article presents the main facts about how information structure is syntactically codified in Spanish, with particular attention to the syntax of topics and foci. These facts will be used to assess whether cartographic and minimalist approaches can, in their pure version, account precisely for this set of facts in a predictive way. We discuss the taxonomy of topics and foci, the evidence for their syntactic position, their A'-movement properties, the asymmetries between left-and right-dislocated elements, and the availability of information structure inside subordinate clauses.Keywords. topic; focus; information structure; embedded contexts; dislocation; root clause RESUMEN. Este artículo presenta los principales datos acerca de la codificación sintáctica de la estructura informativa en español, con especial atención a la sintaxis de tópicos y focos. Estos hechos serán utilizados para evaluar si, en su forma más pura, las teorías cartográficas o minimistas pueden explicar estos hechos de una forma predictiva. El trabajo discute la taxonomía de tópicos y focos, qué datos hay para identificar su posición sintáctica, sus propiedades de movimiento A', las asimetrías entre elementos dislocados a izquierda y derecha, y la posibilidad de introducir estructura informativa marcada en el interior de las oraciones subordinadas.

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Connectivity in left-dislocation and the composition of the left periphery

Cited by 45 publications

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Recomplementation in English and Spanish: Delineating the CP space

Recomplementation in English and Spanish: Delineating the CP space

Els fenòmens discursius com una finestra a les interfícies

Information structure and its syntactic manifestation in Spanish: facts and proposals

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