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The syntax of objects: Agree and differential object marking.

紀錄類型:	書目-電子資源 : Monograph/item
正題名/作者:	The syntax of objects: Agree and differential object marking./
作者:	Rodriguez-Mondonedo, Miguel.
面頁冊數:	335 p.
附註:	Adviser: Zeljko Boskovic.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International68-08A.
標題:	Language, Linguistics. -
電子資源:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3276641
ISBN:	9780549179832

The syntax of objects: Agree and differential object marking.
Rodriguez-Mondonedo, Miguel.

The syntax of objects: Agree and differential object marking. - 335 p.

Adviser: Zeljko Boskovic.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Connecticut, 2007.

This dissertation investigates the nature of Differential Object Marking (DOM), using Spanish as a case study. It proposes that DOM arises from an interaction between case and agreement; in particular, from the suggestion that Agree is sensitive to the feature specification of probes and goals. Based on the observation that Spanish Existential Constructions (SEC) have accusative objects and that nominals marked for [person] (for instance John or him) are not allowed as SEC-objects, not even with list-readings, I propose that haber-sentences have a nuP, which accounts for the presence of accusative. I argue that the small nu has only [number]. If a nominal does not have [person], the probe nu will be complete with respect to its goal, then it will be able to value the [case] feature of the nominal. But if the nominal does have [person], it cannot check case against small nu, because ϕ-incomplete probes cannot value the case feature of ϕ-complete probes. Significantly, ϕ-complete nominals in SEC cannot be rescued by using A, the element that generally marks specific and animate objects in Spanish (DOM). Based on this, I extend the analysis to all transitive verbs; this means that Spanish nu has only [number] and no [person]: as a result, no [person] nominal can value its Case against nu. Hence [person] nominals must move out to avoid being spelled-out with an unvalued feature. In transitive constructions, [person] nominals move via [Spec, nuP] to an additional position (a dative head, which explains the A). This means the incompleteness of nu is not a marginal aspect of SEC, but a core property of Spanish nuP, and perhaps of all DOM languages. This dissertation also offers a thorough exploration of specificity and animacy in Spanish DOM, and examines several issues with respect to DOM that have been difficult to solve, proposing an account of these issues that naturally fits the system developed in the dissertation.

ISBN: 9780549179832Subjects--Topical Terms:

1018079
Language, Linguistics.

The syntax of objects: Agree and differential object marking.
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