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In:Auxiliary Selection in Italo-Romance: A Nested-Agree approach
Irene Amato
[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today 281] 2023
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Published online: 9 November 2023
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Table of contents

Acknowledgments xiii
List of symbols and abbreviations xv
Chapter 1.The problem of auxiliary selection 1
1.1Introduction 1
1.2Gaps and inadequacies in the previous accounts 4
1.3The framework and the assumptions 8
1.4The proposal in a nutshell 9
1.4.1Auxiliary selection is person-Agree 9
1.4.2Nested Agree 10
1.4.3Restructuring 13
1.4.4Participle agreement 13
1.5Overview of the book 14
Chapter 2.Nested Agree 16
2.1Introduction 16
2.2Auxiliary selection in Standard Italian 16
2.3Auxiliary selection is π-Agree 18
2.4Setting the stage 19
2.4.1Agree 19
2.4.2A problem of minimality 22
2.5Nested Agree 24
2.5.1Application of Nested Agree to the Perf head 27
2.5.2On feature ordering 29
2.5.3Against A-over-A type of minimality 31
2.6Ingredients for Nested Agree 34
2.6.1Agree-Link 34
2.6.2Specificity-driven derivations 36
2.6.2.1Maximize Matching Effects 36
2.6.2.2Multitasking 37
2.6.2.3Economy condition on multiple probe satisfaction 39
2.6.2.4General Specificity Principle 40
2.6.3Nested Agree is not a specificity-driven principle 41
2.6.4Nested Agree is not a transderivational principle 43
2.7Summary 44
Chapter 3.Auxiliary selection: The analysis 45
3.1Introduction 45
3.2Some notes on the syntactic structure 45
3.2.1The perfect head 45
3.2.2The other heads 47
3.2.3Phases 49
3.2.4φ-features 49
3.2.5Vocabulary entries 50
3.2.6Clitic pronouns 52
3.2.6.1The reflexive clitic pronoun 53
3.2.6.2The impersonal si 54
3.3Derivations 56
3.3.1Transitive verbs 56
3.3.2Transitive verbs with reflexive object 60
3.3.3Transitive verbs with reflexive indirect object 65
3.3.4Unergative verbs 69
3.3.5Unaccusative verbs 70
3.3.6Intransitive verbs with both auxiliaries 72
3.3.7Passive predicates 73
3.3.8Quirky verbs 76
3.3.9Impersonal clauses 78
3.3.9.1The structure of impersonal clauses 78
3.3.9.2Transitive verbs with impersonal si 83
3.3.9.3Unergative verbs with impersonal si 89
3.3.9.4Unaccusative verbs with impersonal si 90
3.3.9.5Impersonal passives 91
3.4Summary 92
Chapter 4.Auxiliary selection in restructuring 94
4.1Introduction 94
4.2Restructuring 95
4.3Auxiliary selection with restructuring verbs 96
4.3.1Modal verbs 96
4.3.2Aspectual and motion verbs 100
4.3.2.1Aspectual verbs 100
4.3.2.2Motion verbs 103
4.4Restructuring: Raising out of vP/TP 104
4.4.1vP/TP complements 104
4.4.2The T head 107
4.5Auxiliary selection in restructuring: Cyclic π-Agree 107
4.5.1Auxiliary switch: “transparent” π-Agree 107
4.5.2Lack of auxiliary switch: “guaranteed” π-Agree 110
4.5.3The EPP-feature 113
4.5.4Against the control analysis 115
4.5.5Raising verbs: No auxiliary switch 116
4.6Analysis 118
4.6.1vP + transitive verb 118
4.6.2vP + reflexive verb 122
4.6.3vP + unaccusative verb 124
4.6.4TP + transitive verbs 127
4.6.5TP + reflexive verbs 129
4.6.6TP + unaccusative verbs 131
4.6.7Impersonal clauses 133
4.7Some problematic cases 137
4.7.1have + clitic climbing 137
4.7.2be + no clitic climbing 139
4.8Restructuring in other varieties 140
4.9Outside restructuring: Biclausal structures 143
4.10Summary 146
Chapter 5.Auxiliary selection in other Italo-Romance varieties 147
5.1Introduction 147
5.2Subject-based auxiliary selection 148
5.2.1Distribution based on the features of the subject 148
5.2.2Subject-driven auxiliary selection is Agree for person 150
5.2.3Ariellese 153
5.3Not only person 157
5.3.1Tense, aspect and mood variation 157
5.3.2Number restrictions 159
5.4Single auxiliary 160
5.5Mixed systems 161
5.5.1The Sardinian type 167
5.6Relations between subject-driven and argument-structure-driven systems 169
5.7Reflexive clauses in argument-structure-driven auxiliary selection 172
5.7.1Cross-linguistic variation 173
5.7.2Triple auxiliation 179
5.8Other argument-structure-driven systems 183
5.9Summary 187
Chapter 6.Past participle agreement 188
6.1Introduction 188
6.2The distribution of past participle agreement 188
6.3Previous analyses 191
6.4Participle agreement is the Spell-out of an edge feature 192
6.4.1Successive cyclic movement 194
6.4.2The edge feature 194
6.4.3Timing of EF-insertion 196
6.4.4Feature insertion and the Strict Cycle Condition 197
6.4.5Edge features and Agree on Perf 198
6.4.6Unvalued features 198
6.4.7Ā-movement does not trigger participle agreement 199
6.5Derivations 200
6.5.1Transitive verbs with object clitic 200
6.5.2Transitive verbs with reflexive direct object 204
6.5.3Transitive verbs with reflexive indirect object 206
6.5.4Transitive verbs with multiple clitics 207
6.5.5Unaccusative verbs 210
6.5.6Passive clauses 213
6.5.7Impersonal clauses 214
6.6Participle agreement in the absence of overt movement 216
6.6.1Tests for the position of the DP 218
6.6.1.1Control of PRO inside an adjunct clause 219
6.6.1.2Anaphoric binding 221
6.6.1.3Quantifier scope interactions 222
6.6.1.4Quantifier floating 224
6.6.1.5Short scrambling impossible 225
6.7Participle agreement in other Italo-Romance varieties 227
6.7.1The edge-feature-type 227
6.7.2The object-agreement-type 228
6.7.3The clitic-type 231
6.7.4Languages without past participle agreement 233
6.8Past participle agreement and auxiliary selection 234
6.9Summary 238
Chapter 7.Concluding remarks 239
7.1Why this book exists 239
7.2The main results 240
7.2.1Auxiliary selection 240
7.2.2Auxiliary selection in Italian 241
7.2.3Restructuring in Italian 242
7.2.4Typology 242
7.2.5Participle agreement in Italian 243
7.2.6Theoretical contribution 244
7.3Open questions 245
References 247
Index 263
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