Non Accusative Objects

  1. Ormazabal, Javier 1
  2. Romero, Juan 2
  1. 1 University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)
  2. 2 Universidad de Extremadura
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    Universidad de Extremadura

    Badajoz, España

    ROR https://ror.org/0174shg90

Journal:
Catalan journal of linguistics

ISSN: 1695-6885

Year of publication: 2013

Issue Title: Microvariation in the Languages of the Iberian Peninsula

Volume: 12

Pages: 155-173

Type: Article

DOI: 10.5565/REV/CATJL.65 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openOpen access editor

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Abstract

In this paper we propose an asymmetrical approach to Case-licensing where, on the one hand, the functional architecture in the verbal system can license at most one DP, and, on the other, only certain DPs require formal licensing. Our proposal straightforwardly explains long-lasting syntactic problems in the syntax of Spanish and other languages concerning Differential Object Marking (DOM), Raising to Subject asymmetries in se constructions, and Person Case Constraint effects. Then, we analyze the consequences and challenges of our proposal for the explanation of the clitic behavior in laísta dialects in contexts where both internal arguments seem to be independently formally licensed, one of them via DOM, and the other by means of a dative clitic. We show that this dative clitic does not establish an agreement relation, but it is an incorporated determiner, as in the case of third person accusative clitics (Ormazabal and Romero 2013a).

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