Zero elements are used by several theories in morphology and syntax as analytical tool, but the question of whether phonologically empty elements should be structurally present or not has been a controversial issue from the very beginning. In addition to analyses that work with zero, there are also… read more
We analyze the substitution of the simple past by the periphrastic go-past in spoken Valencian Catalan. Corpus data show that this substitution is especially prominent in 1/3sg forms which are at the same time the least morphologically transparent ones. From this observation, we derive a… read more
In a series of papers, Calabrese (2012ff) has convincingly argued that there is a link between the (a)thematicity and the (ir)regularity of verbal forms, cf. the regular and thematic past participles amato ‘loved’, battuto ‘beaten’ and partito ‘left’ vs. the irregular and athematic forms perso… read more
Many Romance languages and varieties show different patterns of partial or complete lack of plural agreement within the determiner phrase (DP). This phenomenon has scarcely been addressed in the literature and poses problems for any kind of analysis proposed so far, regardless of the theoretical… read more
This paper aims at adequately analyzing and classifying an important functional change inside the Spanish pronominal system. This system seems to formally preserve forms of the Latin neuter, which now have the very specialized function of denoting non-individuated referents, one of the whole set of… read more
