11 research outputs found
Els components de la passiva. Una perspectiva diacrònica
Resum: En aquest article es defensa, a partir d’unes dades del català antic, que «passiva» és un terme paraigua sense capacitat explicativa i que no es pot parlar d’una construcció passiva, sinó de la interacció de fenòmens com l’aspecte verbal i la legitimació de l’argument intern, en definitiva, de les propietats de les diverses categories funcionals presents a l’estructura. La passiva és un epifenomen. Aquesta aproximació construccionista i estrictament composicional permet superar les clà ssiques restriccions sobre les passives establertes en funció de la naturalesa lèxica del predicat. S’hi argumenta que les oracions anomenades passives perifrà stiques de les llengües romà niques són oracions reduïdes que requereixen d’un verb lleuger (ser o estar) per legitimar la seva temporalitat i la seva independència discursiva. Apuntem també, de manera temptativa, que la teoria de fases del programa minimista ofereix una via d’explicació molt prometedora de les dues capes de les oracions passives: l’aspectual i la temporal-discursiva. L’enfocament diacrònic permet veure la influència del sistema llatÃ: el paradigma perfectiu, d’una banda, i la morfologia especÃfica de les formes sintètiques, de l’altra. Paraules clau: passiva, sintaxi diacrònica, aspecte, categories funcionals, estructura lèxica.Abstract: In this paper we argue that «passive sentence» is a cover term with no empirical import or explanatory interest, an epiphenomenon. The properties of passives are derived from the interaction of the formal properties of the functional categories involved. This strictly compositional and constructionist view allows us to gain explanatory adequacy compared to previous approaches based on the properties of individual predicates. Our leading idea is that Romance passives are in fact participial absolute constructions with a light verb (ésser or estar) merged into the structure to license its temporal and discourse features. Specifically, two layers are relevant in passive sentences: a lower area headed by an Aspect projection and a higher one in the T-C system. We tentatively explore the possibility that phase theory could account for these facts. Addressing the topic from a diachronic perspective, further support to our view comes from the discussion of the crucial the role of the perfective system and the passivizing morphology of Latin. Key words: passive sentences, diachronic syntax, aspect, functional categories, lexical structure
Sobre unes frases relatives sense antecedent
In this paper a new analysis of some free relative sentences as selected CPs is proposed. These CPs have a [+WH] phrase in [SPEC, C’] which heads an A’ chain. This A’ chain is responsible of the NONSPECIFIC ARGUMENT interpretation of the sentence. I argue that this analysis has several theoretical and descriptive advantages over the classical one, which treats the sentences as headless relatives
Aspecte i prefixació verbal en català antic
The paper examines aspectual and selectional properties of Old Catalan prefixed verbs in comparison with their non prefixed counterparts. We ground our analysis on Talmy’s (1985, 2000) notion of verb framed and satellite framed languages and on Mateu (2002, 2003) and Mateu & Rigau (2002) theory of lexical structure, and we argue that telicity and other aspectual properties associated with prefixed verbs are by effects derived from the semantic value of the prefix together with the lexical structure they give rise to. Taking as a case in point the a- prefix of verbs such as «acórrer», we analyse the prefix as a path which relates a figure (the grammatical subject) to a ground (the argument introduced by a preposition) and which incorporates onto an abstract GO predicate conflating with the basic unergative predicate
Introducció monogrà fic «La gramà tica històrica i la teoria lingüÃstica: una comunicació profitosa»
Introducció al monogrà fic sobre «La gramà tica històrica i la teoria lingüÃstica: una comunicació profitosa» del número 61 (tardor 2016) de Caplletra. Revista Internacional de Filologia.Introduction to the monograph «La gramà tica històrica i la teoria lingüÃstica: una comunicació profitosa», number 61 (Autumn 2016) of Caplletra. Revista Internacional de Filologia
Sobre unes frases relatives sense antecedent
In this paper a new analysis of some free relative sentences as selected CPs is proposed. These CPs have a [+WH] phrase in [SPEC, C’] which heads an A’ chain. This A’ chain is responsible of the NONSPECIFIC ARGUMENT interpretation of the sentence. I argue that this analysis has several theoretical and descriptive advantages over the classical one, which treats the sentences as headless relatives.</span