Enclisis, mesoclisis and inflection in Italo-Romance varieties: A minimalist analysis
This contribution addresses a central theme in morphological analysis, namely the relationship between clitics and inflectional elements. Important contributions on the point are due to Anderson (1992 - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive
LingBuzz > SyntaxVerb Raising, Covert Modals and Flip-flop Constructions in Vietnamese: A Comparative Perspective
This paper pursues the issues surrounding Vietnamese flip-flop sentences in terms of verb raising and covert modals from a comparative point of view. We show that verb movement in flip-flop constructi - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive
LingBuzz > SyntaxOn the structure of double-coordinator constructions
The paper presents novel Macedonian and Slovenian data with conjunction doubling that exhibit unexpected binding behaviour as each individual conjunct binds an anaphor in the object position individua - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive
LingBuzz > SyntaxCase and the syntax of argument indexation: An analysis of Sorani Kurdish
This is the second draft of our book on case and the syntax of argument indexation. We argue for an approach in which case labels ('Nominative', 'Ergative', etc.) are shorthand for bundles of decompos - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive
LingBuzz > SyntaxReview of Gippert & Dum-Tragut "Caucasian Albania - an International Handbook"
The review examines the contributions of the first comprehensive handbook on the Caucasian Albanian people, who until the 8th century CE ruled the lower Kura river basin in what is today Azerbaijan. T - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive
LingBuzz > SyntaxHybrid subjects in Spanish and Catalan: Halfway between agents and patients
We analyze an intransitive construction involving verbs like Spanish matarse ‘kill’ whose subjects appear to have both internal and external argument properties. Examples include Juan se mató en un ac - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive
LingBuzz > SyntaxAstrology Series, No. 4. MS 408.
Astrology Series, No. 4. MS 408. Gemini: The Lovers. This paper translates all scripts and image annotations included on the Gemini page from the astrology section of the manuscript. Unlike modern ast - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive
LingBuzz > SyntaxThe simple reason LLMs are not scientific models (and what the alternative is for linguistics).
Response to Piantadosi (2023). There is a an explicit and mathematical reason why Large Language Models (LLMs) are not scientific theories. They belong to a class of Universal Function Approximators, - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive
LingBuzz > SyntaxConstructions and Linguistic Typology
This paper reconsiders the notion of construction and its applications in linguistic typology. Constructions are language-specific parts of morphosyntax. Claims about mental lexicon and mental grammar - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive
LingBuzz > SyntaxOf Neglect
In this paper, I argue that PF and LF Neglect, in the sense of Sportiche (2016), are not independent of each other. Furthermore, independent LF Neglect has properties that are also underivable from Sp - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive
LingBuzz > SyntaxКонкретно. Синтактика без семиотики? [Really: Syntactics without Semiotics?]
I discuss the relation of linguistics and semiotics on the basis of the Old Russian discourse particle TI1 ‘indeed’, ‘verily’, ‘truly’ discovered by Andrej A. Zaliznjak in 1993. Linguistics and semiot - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive
LingBuzz > SyntaxГрамматика. Язык. Лингвистика [Grammar. Language. Linguistics - In Response to Opposing Views]
I discuss the criteria of defining linguistics against other science branches. Linguistics is not a proper part of semiotics, since the foundations of language do not necessarily rely on the theory o - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive
LingBuzz > SyntaxThe paper was boring and long: A reply to Michel and Löhr’s theory of predicate ordering in copredication
In a recent publication, Michel and Löhr (2024) propose a predictive processing (PP) theory of copredication. They do so in an attempt to account for previously documented predicate ordering effects, - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive
LingBuzz > SyntaxConsiderations on restrictive relative clauses and adjunction in Modern Italian and Portuguese and Standard German
The following paper returns to the question of whether restrictive relative clauses are instances of wh-movement in the sense of Chomsky 1964 and subsequent transformational publications such as Vergn - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive
LingBuzz > SyntaxVoice Only: No Passive, Causative and Applicative Heads
With the aim of justifying the idea that Voice is the single engine to syntactically derive voice alternations, I pursue a Split VoiceP approach to articulating Voice and the voice domain. Based on Le - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive
LingBuzz > SyntaxMereological syntax and successive cyclicity
This short NELS paper briefly sketches out the syntactic system developed in a forthcoming MIT press monograph, whereby set-theoretic Merge is replaced by mereological Subjoin. It shows how this syste - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive
LingBuzz > SyntaxChallenges for Cyclicity
This paper lays out and discusses classical concepts of cyclicity from the point of view of modern grammatical theory (in particular, the minimalist program), focussing on the Cyclic Principle and the - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive
LingBuzz > SyntaxThe Reflexive-Possessive Rule in Mongolian as Binding Principle A and Its Implications for English
This short article shows that the Reflexive-Possessive Rule in Mongolian is a special kind of Binding Principle A, given the properties of the Reflexive-Possessive suffix ‘-aa’ that resemble the nomin - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive
LingBuzz > SyntaxConcord in the verbal domain: External agreement in Nakh-Daghestanian
The article discusses agreeing ablatives in Aqusha Dargwa (Nakh-Daghestanian), arguing that morphological agreement in gender–number that these constituents display with the clausemate absolutive argu - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive
LingBuzz > SyntaxOn the (non-)optionality of the Turkish classifier tane
Numeral constructions (NCs) display a robust pattern of strong indefiniteness. While they can also be definite via a definite determiner, in languages lacking articles, this typically relies on altern - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive
LingBuzz > SyntaxTP inside subject nominalizations: Evidence from Oshiwambo
Subject nominalizations have been argued to be deprived in verbal structure and do not showcase extended verbal projections such as TP (Baker & Vinokurova 2009). We show that TP is realized in Oshiwam - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive
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