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The motivated syntax of arbitrary signs : cognitive constraints on Spanish clitic clustering / Erica C. García

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Garcia, Erica C.
Published
Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., [2009]
Copyright Date
©2009
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1 online resource (xiv, 335 pages).
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The Motivated Syntax of Arbitrary Signs; Editorial page ; Title page ; LCC data ; Dedication ; Table of contents ; Erica C. García: In memoriam ; Acknowledgements ; Introduction ; 1.1 Absolute non-occurrences and the arbitrariness of syntax ; 1.1.1 Pinker's account of "negative" exceptions11 ; 1.1.2 Syntactic and morphological non-occurrences ; 1.2 Arbitrariness and conventionality in Usage-based Grammar ; 1.2.1 Constructions and syntactic arbitrariness ; 1.2.2 Usage-based Grammar and relative frequency of use ; 1.3 Syntax as compositional routines., 1.3.1 Inference: the key to syntactic computation 1.3.2 Syntax as iconic mapping ; 1.3.3 Accounting for syntactic variation and "negative exceptions" ; 1.3.4 Analytic implications ; 1.4 The non-arbitrary compositionality of Spanish clitic clusters ; Notes to Ch. 1 ; The morphological roots of Spanish clitic syntax ; The problem ; 2.1 The problematic clusters ; 2.1.1 Absolutely non-occurring cluster, with clitic alternative: *le lo4 ; 2.1.2 Absolutely non-occurring cluster, lacking clitic alternative: *se se. ; 2.1.3 Interpretation-dependent unacceptable clusters ; 2.1.3.1 *me le., 2.1.3.2 *se le 2.1.3.3 *se me lo ; 2.2 The nature of the problem ; 2.3 Previous handling of the issue(s) ; 2.3.1 *le lo vs. OK spur. se lo ; 2.3.2 *se se ; 2.3.3 *me (Acc) le (Dat) + non-coreferential subject ; 2.3.4 *spur. se + le vs. OK refl. se + le ; 2.3.5 * spur. se + me (Dat) + lo (Acc) ; 2.4 The challenge ; Notes to Ch. 2 ; The communicative value of clitic reference ; 3.1 The verbal complex (= VC) ; 3.2 The participancy oppositions ; 3.2.1 Focus ; 3.2.2 Case ; 3.2.3 Case and the nature of the event ; 3.3 Case-categorization ; 3.3.1. Central vs. peripheral case., 3.3.2 Variably peripheral involvements Notes to Ch. 3 ; Basic clitic syntax ; 4.1 Double mention, role-levelling, and event-introversion ; 4.1.1 Introversion of transitive events ; 4.1.2 Introversion of intransitive events ; 4.1.3 Semantic versatility of double mention ; 4.2 Clitic vs. non-clitic reference ; 4.2.1 Lexical reference: Bare noun phrases ; 4.2.2 Prepositional Phrases, a-phrases ; 4.2.3 "Understood" participants ; 4.3 Cumulation of clitic and extra-verbal reference ; 4.3.1 (Im)possibility of duplicate reference ; 4.3.2 Pragmatic motivation of clitic duplication., and 4.3.3 Factors conditioning reference-duplication 4.3.3.1 Lexical vs. pronominal a-phrase ; 4.3.3.2 Variable obligatoriness of clitic reference with diverse Dat roles ; 4.3.4 Clitic duplication as an inferential manoeuvre ; Notes to Ch. 4 ; Variable clitic-cluster acceptability ; 5.1 Participancy and case-categorization ; 5.1.1 Participant vs. non-participant involvement ; 5.1.2 Central vs. peripheral participation ; 5.1.3 Interpretation of case-neutral clitics ; 5.2 The interpretation of clitic clusters ; 5.3 Centrifugal events: Dative + Accusative participants.
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9789027289100 (electronic bk.)
9027289107 (electronic bk.)
9027215707 (alk. paper)
9789027215703 (alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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