Degree Neuter Relative Constructions

  1. Jon Ander Mendia 1
  1. 1 Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
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    Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

    Barcelona, España

    ROR https://ror.org/052g8jq94

Aldizkaria:
Isogloss: Open Journal of Romance Linguistics

ISSN: 2385-4138

Argitalpen urtea: 2022

Zenbakien izenburua: RLLT19, Selected papers from Going Romance Amsterdam

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Mota: Artikulua

DOI: 10.5565/REV/ISOGLOSS.216 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openDDD editor

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This paper presents a syntax and semantics for Degree Neuter Relatives (DNRs) in Spanish, an unusual construction involving a relative clause seemingly headed by a gradable predicate and the neuter determiner lo. I propose an analysis of DNRs that avoids compositionality problems derived from sortal mismatches between degrees and entities. In addition, I suggest that despite the cross-linguistic rarity of DNRs, it is no coincidence that they are available in Spanish: the proposed analysis relies on aspects of the morphological inventory of Spanish that allows the language to construct degreedenoting Free Relatives headed by a definite article, and so DNRs should not be expected in languages lacking this ability.

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