Esther Torrego

List of John Benjamins publications in which Esther Torrego is involved.

Title

Of Grammar, Words, and Verses: In honor of Carlos Piera

Edited by Esther Torrego

This book offers new work by some major figures in the field of linguistics, addressing old debates from the perspective of current explanatory grammatical theory. These include paradigmatic relations among words, and agreeing adjectives and their grammatical source. Covering a broad range of… read more

[Language Faculty and Beyond, 8] 2012. xi, 272 pp.

Articles (4) | Order by:

Torrego, Esther 2012 Introduction Of Grammar, Words, and Verses: In honor of Carlos Piera, Torrego, Esther (ed.), pp. 1–4 | Article

Torrego, Esther 2012 Chapter 11. Variability in the case patterns of causative formation in Romance and its implications Of Grammar, Words, and Verses: In honor of Carlos Piera, Torrego, Esther (ed.), pp. 237–267 | Article

Taking Folli and Harley’s (2007) analysis of Italian fare-causatives as a starting point, and focusing on Spanish, I examine variation in the distribution of the subject of the embedded infinitive in so-called faire-causatives, and I suggest that there is a robust correlation between the size of… read more

Pesetsky, David and Esther Torrego 2007 The syntax of valuation and the interpretability of features Phrasal and Clausal Architecture: Syntactic derivation and interpretation, Karimi, Simin, Vida Samiian and Wendy K. Wilkins (eds.), pp. 262–294 | Article

We present a proposal about the nature of agreement processes and the syntax of its output, and demonstrate that this proposal not only advances the overall understanding of agreement, but also contributes to a simpler view of various syntactic phenomena. At the heart of our proposal is a… read more

Torrego, Esther 2002 Aspect in the prepositional system of Romance Current Issues in Romance Languages: Selected papers from the 29th Linguistic Symposium on Romance Languages (LSRL), Ann Arbor, 8–11 April 1999, Satterfield, Teresa, Christina Tortora and Diana Cresti (eds.), pp. 337–357 | Article