Phi-Agreement in Past Participle Constructions
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Title: | Phi-Agreement in Past Participle Constructions |
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Authors: | Castillo, Concha |
Keywords: | Agreeing past participles vs. non-agreeing past participles | External Merge of V-en vs. internal merge of –en | [+resultative] vs. [+perfective] | S-selection | Asymmetric c-command |
Knowledge Area: | Filología Inglesa |
Issue Date: | 2016 |
Publisher: | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Filología Inglesa |
Citation: | Revista Alicantina de Estudios Ingleses. 2016, 29: 25-46. doi:10.14198/raei.2016.29.02 |
Abstract: | I argue in this paper that agreeing past participles are merged externally in the derivation in V endorsed with a feature [+resultative], whereas non-agreeing past participles are bound to value a feature [+perfective] against the have-auxiliary. Phi-agreement on the former kind of participle occurs since the meaning [+resultative] denotes a property of the logical object, which happens to merge in the position of sister to V-en. As postulated in standard frameworks, phi-agreement consists in that the V-en form values uninterpretable phi-features against the DP object. In contrast with agreeing past participles, non-agreeing past participles are merged externally in the form of V and they get their –en suffix in v valued against the have-auxiliary once the latter enters the derivation. The meaning or interpretation of this –en suffix is [+perfective] or [+anterior]. No phi-agreement occurs between these V-en forms marked [+perfective] and their logical object (whenever they select for one) since [+perfective] is a property of the event or situation as a whole, and not of the object. It is further suggested that the specific Agree relation that is phi-agreement appears not to be subject to configurations of asymmetric c-command, but to just occur on external Merge of the DP that bears the corresponding valued, interpretable phi-features. |
URI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.14198/raei.2016.29.02 | http://hdl.handle.net/10045/68027 |
ISSN: | 0214-4808 | 2171-861X (Internet) |
DOI: | 10.14198/raei.2016.29.02 |
Language: | eng |
Type: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Rights: | © Revista Alicantina de Estudios Ingleses |
Peer Review: | si |
Publisher version: | http://raei.ua.es/ |
Appears in Collections: | Revista Alicantina de Estudios Ingleses - 2016, No. 29 |
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