On the Semantics of Pronominal Clitics and some of its Consequences

Recent work on the acquisition of the binding conditions suggests that pronominal clitics (PCs) encode the presence of an unsaturated argument position. In other words, PC-constructions encode functional abstraction: the argument position related to the PC is re-opened. This inter- pretation represe...

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Autor principal:	Denis Delfitto
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Publicado:	Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 2002
Materias:	pronominal clitics interface conditions interpretable features topicalization left periphery locality effects Philology. Linguistics P1-1091
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:195e43e9e83841209f6cab0299a424c72021-11-27T10:49:45ZOn the Semantics of Pronominal Clitics and some of its Consequences10.5565/rev/catjl.551695-68852014-9719https://doaj.org/article/195e43e9e83841209f6cab0299a424c72002-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://revistes.uab.cat/catJL/article/view/55https://doaj.org/toc/1695-6885https://doaj.org/toc/2014-9719Recent work on the acquisition of the binding conditions suggests that pronominal clitics (PCs) encode the presence of an unsaturated argument position. In other words, PC-constructions encode functional abstraction: the argument position related to the PC is re-opened. This inter- pretation represents a radical departure from traditional analyses (in virtually every syntactic framework, including HPSG and Principles&Parameters), which take PCs to reduce the valence of the predicate to which they are linked, either in the lexicon (HPSG) or in syntax (P&P). In this contribution, I will provide conceptual and empirical motivation for this radical reinterpre- tation of PC-constructions, by claiming that it considerably enhances the prospects of explana- tory adequacy in (at least) the following domains: (a) the acquisition data relative to Principle B Effects in Romance languages; (b) the familiar vs. bound-variable interpretation of PCs; (c) the diachronic relationship between clitic left-dislocation constructions (CLLD) and PC-construc- tions; (d) the properties of Romance CLLD which are still in need of a deep conceptual account, like the (optional) presence of a resumptive clitic and the recursive nature of the topic projec- tions in the left-periphery.Denis DelfittoUniversitat Autònoma de Barcelonaarticlepronominal cliticsinterface conditionsinterpretable featurestopicalizationleft peripherylocality effectsPhilology. LinguisticsP1-1091CAENCatalan Journal of Linguistics, Vol 1 (2002)
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description	Recent work on the acquisition of the binding conditions suggests that pronominal clitics (PCs) encode the presence of an unsaturated argument position. In other words, PC-constructions encode functional abstraction: the argument position related to the PC is re-opened. This inter- pretation represents a radical departure from traditional analyses (in virtually every syntactic framework, including HPSG and Principles&Parameters), which take PCs to reduce the valence of the predicate to which they are linked, either in the lexicon (HPSG) or in syntax (P&P). In this contribution, I will provide conceptual and empirical motivation for this radical reinterpre- tation of PC-constructions, by claiming that it considerably enhances the prospects of explana- tory adequacy in (at least) the following domains: (a) the acquisition data relative to Principle B Effects in Romance languages; (b) the familiar vs. bound-variable interpretation of PCs; (c) the diachronic relationship between clitic left-dislocation constructions (CLLD) and PC-construc- tions; (d) the properties of Romance CLLD which are still in need of a deep conceptual account, like the (optional) presence of a resumptive clitic and the recursive nature of the topic projec- tions in the left-periphery.
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title	On the Semantics of Pronominal Clitics and some of its Consequences
title_short	On the Semantics of Pronominal Clitics and some of its Consequences
title_full	On the Semantics of Pronominal Clitics and some of its Consequences
title_fullStr	On the Semantics of Pronominal Clitics and some of its Consequences
title_full_unstemmed	On the Semantics of Pronominal Clitics and some of its Consequences
title_sort	on the semantics of pronominal clitics and some of its consequences
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On the Semantics of Pronominal Clitics and some of its Consequences

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