In:From Pseudo-relatives to Causative Constructions: Scandinavian languages as a case study
Mara Frascarelli and Giorgia Di Lorenzo
[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today 278] 2022
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Published online: 29 September 2022
https://doi.org/10.1075/la.278.toc
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Table of contents
Introduction: The core thesisVII
Chapter 1.Framework and background1
1.1The framework of Generative Grammar in the Minimalism Program1
1.2The formal realization of syntactic functions4
1.3Movement and syntactic operators6
1.4The structure of DP and nominal categories7
1.4.1Relational and non-relational nouns7
1.4.2Nouns denoting events9
1.5Subordination and nominalisation11
1.6Silent nominal categories: An inventory15
1.7Nomimal predication: The Small Clause17
Chapter 2.The Pseudo-relative Construction19
2.1Formal, semantic and pragmatic properties: An overview20
2.2Summary and preliminary considerations for the analysis40
2.3The Pseudo-relative as a ‘complex object’41
2.3.1Pseudo-relative as a Small Clause structure42
2.3.2The structural and interpretive analysis43
2.3.3Intonational properties and the syntax-prosody interface45
2.4The Pseudo-relative construction in Scandinavian languages48
Chapter 3.The causative construction51
3.1Formal, semantic and pragmatic properties: An overview51
3.2The causative construction between mono-clausality, and bi-clausality61
3.2.1Recent proposals and relevant considerations62
3.2.2Mono-clausality as incorporation65
3.2.3A proposal for a unified analysis72
3.2.4A ‘complex mono-clausality’ approach74
Chapter 4.The structure and interpretation of causatives in Scandinavian languages: A case study77
4.1The Scandinavian languages: An overview77
4.2The experimental test: Diagnostics and methodology79
4.3The constructions under examination80
4.4Some preliminary considerations for the analysis84
4.5The corpus analysis85
4.5.1The coercion value of different causative verbs85
4.5.2The scope of negation86
4.5.3The scope of adverbs93
Chapter 5.Complex mono-clausality in causative structures: The structural proposal and conclusive remarks101
5.1The analysis of causatives: A new perspective101
5.2The structural proposal103
5.3Final remarks and conclusions107
5.3.1Causatives and pseudo-relatives107
5.3.2Causatives and negation109
5.3.3Causatives and adverbs112
List of abbreviations117
References119
Index131
