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Incorporation and Case Theory in Spanish : = A crosslinguistic perspective.

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Title/Author:	Incorporation and Case Theory in Spanish :/
Reminder of title:	A crosslinguistic perspective.
Author:	Masullo, Pascual Jose.
Description:	1 online resource (373 pages)
Notes:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 54-11, Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertations Abstracts International54-11A.
Subject:	Linguistics. -
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ISBN:	9798208520901

Incorporation and Case Theory in Spanish : = A crosslinguistic perspective.
Masullo, Pascual Jose.

Incorporation and Case Theory in Spanish :A crosslinguistic perspective. - 1 online resource (373 pages)

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 54-11, Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 1992.

Includes bibliographical references

The present work purports to be a contribution to a better understanding of the nature of Case Theory in the Principles and Parameters approach (GB), while presenting independent evidence in favor of some current proposals relating to Case Theory, more specifically, Baker's (1988) Incorporation Theory, as well as Koopman and Sportiche's (1988) and Contreras' (1992) claims regarding nominative case assignment. In chapter 1 I provide a unified account of dative constructions, arguing that dative is a structural rather than inherent case in Spanish, and that it arises as a result of the incorporation of several lexical categories into the verb, viz. prepositions, substantives (Plann, 1986), adjectives, verbs in causative constructions, and nouns in light verb and possessor raising constructions. In chapter 2 I provide independent evidence for Belletti and Rizzi's (1988) analysis of quirky datives in psych verb constructions, extending it to other predicate types, as well as to other non-nominative constituents. I propose that quirky subjects in the world's languages can be classified into two types: those that occupy Spec (IP) as an A position (the Icelandic case), and those that occupy Spec (IP) as an A-bar position (the Spanish case). A parameter is proposed for the second type which predicts that a language will allow "quirky" subjects only if nominative case is assigned via government by lexical AGR in that language. In chapter 3 I deal with the multifarious uses of the clitic se in Spanish. Drawing on Baker's (1988) analysis for its impersonal use, I argue that se can be viewed as a nominal head lacking both phi and specific semantic features that incorporates either into INFL or the verb, the argumental role it plays depending on the particular construction in which it occurs. It will be shown that se can stand not only for the external argument, but also for subcategorized internal arguments of various kinds. Finally, in chapter 4 I argue that bare NPs are defective constituents which have not projected to their maximal functional value (the determiner phrase), and that therefore they cannot be identified by means of structural case alone, requiring instead stricter licensing means, such as inherent case or incorporation. A parallel is drawn between the argumental and predicative uses of bare nominals by claiming that they lack a referential index in the sense of Rizzi (1990), especially when selected by "light" verbs and prepositions.

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Incorporation and Case Theory in Spanish : = A crosslinguistic perspective.
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