Formal Perspectives on Romance Linguistics: Selected Papers from the 28th Linguistic Symposium on Romance Languages (LSRL XXVIII), University Park, 16–19 April 1998

FORMAL PERSPECTIVES ON ROMANCE LINGUISTICS 2 Editorial page 3 Title page 4 Copyright page 5 Acknowledgements 6 Table of contents 8 CONTRIBUTORS 10 Dedication 13 FORMAL PERSPECTIVES ON ROMANCE LINGUISTICS 14 1. Phrase structure and adjunction 14 2. Functional projections and their features 16 3. Feature checking and its consequences 19 4. The syntax-semantics interface 20 5. The status of UG in second language acquisition 24 6. Phonology and morphology 25 7. The phonology -phonetics interface 26 8. Syllabification and lexical levels 27 9. Transderivation and allomorphy selection 28 REFERENCES 29 OBJECT BARE PLURALS IN SPANISH AND THE SEMANTICS OF PERSONAL A 34 0. Introduction 34 1. Constraints on bare nouns in Spanish 34 2. Two neocarlsonian approaches to BPLs 38 3. Toward an account 41 4. Open questions and issues for future work 48 5. Conclusion 49 REFERENCES 50 CASE FEATURE CHECKING AND ITS CONSEQUENCES EVIDENCE FROM EN-CLITICIZATION IN FRENCH 52 1. A new solution to an old problem: en-cliticization in French 53 2. Better empirical coverage of French 59 3. A natural extension to other Romance languages 64 4. Towards an explanation of the definiteness restriction 65 5. Conclusion 68 REFERENCES 68 ASSIBILATION IN ECUADORIAN SPANISH A PHONOLOGY-PHONETICS ACCOUNT 70 0. Introduction 70 1. Distribution of rhotics in Ecuadorian and Standard Spanish 71 2. Phonological accounts of the Standard flap-trill alternation 73 3. Problems for phonological accounts of Ecuadorian 76 4. A phonology-phonetics account of Ecuadorian 77 5. Concluding remarks 82 REFERENCES 83 HOW SIMILAR ARE CONJUNCTS? AGAINST ASYMMETRIC CONJUNCTION 86 0. Introduction 86 1. The 'Law of Coordination of Likes' and its counterexamples 86 2. Conjunction of temporally and aspectually dissimilar features 89 3. The role of adverbs 92 4. On the asymmetry between tense and agreement 94 5. Negation 96 6. Implications for the structure of conjunction 97 7. Conclusion 100 REFERENCES 100 DERIVING HEAVY NP-SHIFT IN FRENCH 102 0. Introduction 102 1. Some properties of heavy NPs in Standard French 103 2. Some properties of heavy NPs in Canadian French 106 3. Deriving Heavy NP-shift in Standard and Canadian French 108 4. Conclusion 116 REFERENCES 117 THE PRESUPPOSITIONALITY CONDITION AND SPANISH CLITIC-DOUBLED OBJECTS 120 0. Introduction 120 1. Preliminary assumptions 122 2. The analysis 123 3. Reconstruction 125 4. Crosslinguistic data 126 5. Additional asymmetries 128 6. Conclusion 130 REFERENCES 131 POSITIONAL FAITHFULNESS VS. CUE PRESERVATION THE CASE OF NASAL SEQUENCE RESOLUTION IN GALLO-ROMANCE 134 0. Introduction 134 1. Current approaches to assimilation in Optimality Theory 135 2. Analysis of the Gallo-Romance data 137 3. Conclusion 145 REFERENCES 145 PASSIVES AND ARBITRARY PLURAL SUBJECTS IN SPANISH 148 0. Introduction 148 1. Towards an explanation: pro subject in passive sentences 150 2. First difference: The presence of passive morphology 152 3. The second difference: The presence of by-phrases 157 4. Indefinite SE 158 5. Conclusion 161 REFERENCES 162 SPANISH INDEFINITES AND TYPE-DRIVEN INTERPRETATION 164 0. Introduction 164 1. Bare plurals and indefinites from a type-theoretical perspective 165 2. Three types of indefinites 166 3. Unos "a-pl. "as a group indefinite 171 4. Choice function indefinites 173 5. Focus and type-shifting 174 6. Differential scope of indefinites 176 REFERENCES 178 MINIMALIST ACCESS TO UG IN L2 FRENCH 180 0. Introduction 180 1. The access debate and the Minimalist Program 180 2. The Verb Raising Parameter in L2 French 183 3. Beyond parameter setting evidence 186 4. Conclusion 189 REFERENCES 190 CONFLICTUAL AGREEMENT IN ROMANCE NOMINALS 192 0.Introduction 192 1. An apparent case of conflictual agreement 193 2.Conflictual agreement in qualitativ e nominals 196 3. The internal structure of qualitative DPs 202 4. External agreement 205 5. Internal agreement 206 REFERENCES 208 RESYLLABIFICATION PRECEDES ALL SEGMENTAL RULES EVIDENCE FROM ARGENTINIAN SPANISH 210 0. Introduction 210 1. Caribbean Spanish I 212 2. Rio Negro Argentinian and Caribbean II 216 3. Buenos Aires Argentinian and Chinato 218 4. Summary 221 REFERENCES 222 OBJECTS AND THE STRUCTURE OF IMPERATIVES 224 0. Introduction 224 1. Internal arguments in imperatives 225 2. Analysis 230 3. Conclusion 237 REFERENCES 238 NULL OBJECTS AND D° FEATURES IN CONTACT SPANISH 240 0. Introduction 240 1. Pronominal null objects in contact varieties of Spanish 241 2. The syntactic distribution of null objects in languages in contact 245 3. Languages in contact and the 'Transfer of D° Hypothesis' 252 REFERENCES 254 LEXICAL CONSERVATISM IN FRENCH ADJECTIVAL LIAISON 256 1. Introduction 256 2. Lexical conservatism in English Level 2 phonology 257 3. Formalizing lexical conservatism and split base effects 259 4. French liaison analyzed 264 5. Extensions 276 6. Implications and conclusions 280 REFERENCES 281 OPTIONAL SCHWA DELETION ON SYLLABLE ECONOMY IN FRENCH 284 0. Introduction 284 1. Proposal 285 2. Illustrations 286 3. Interaction of OSD with suppletive liaison 293 4. French ce/cet "this " in other dialects/registers 297 5. Conclusion 299 REFERENCES 300 GEMINATES AND CLUSTERS IN ITALIAN AND PIEDMONTESE: A CASE FOR OT RANKING 302 0. Introduction 302 1. Optimality Theory 303 2. Long segments and [sC] clusters in Standard Italian 304 3. Piedmontese 312 4. Conclusion 315 REFERENCES 315 STRUCTURAL CASE AND TENSE CONSTRUAL 318 0. Introduction 318 1. Tense interpretation, TP, and Time arguments 320 2. Times and functional projections in clause structure 323 3. Checking features of Time Phrases 327 4. [±Finite] feature mismatches 332 5. Accusative and finiteness 336 6. Concluding remarks 338 REFERENCES 339 INDEX OF TERMS & CONCEPTS 342 INDEX OF TERMS AND CONCEMPTS 342 ISBN,9027236917,(Eur.),/,1556199627,(US),(Hb;,alk.,paper) John Benjamins Publishing Co. FORMAL PERSPECTIVES ON ROMANCE LINGUISTICS......Page 2 Editorial page......Page 3 Title page......Page 4 Copyright page......Page 5 Acknowledgements......Page 6 Table of contents......Page 8 CONTRIBUTORS......Page 10 Dedication......Page 13 1. Phrase structure and adjunction......Page 14 2. Functional projections and their features......Page 16 3. Feature checking and its consequences......Page 19 4. The syntax-semantics interface......Page 20 5. The status of UG in second language acquisition......Page 24 6. Phonology and morphology......Page 25 7. The phonology -phonetics interface......Page 26 8. Syllabification and lexical levels......Page 27 9. Transderivation and allomorphy selection......Page 28 REFERENCES......Page 29 1. Constraints on bare nouns in Spanish......Page 34 2. Two neocarlsonian approaches to BPLs......Page 38 3. Toward an account......Page 41 4. Open questions and issues for future work......Page 48 5. Conclusion......Page 49 REFERENCES......Page 50 CASE FEATURE CHECKING AND ITS CONSEQUENCES EVIDENCE FROM EN-CLITICIZATION IN FRENCH......Page 52 1. A new solution to an old problem: en-cliticization in French......Page 53 2. Better empirical coverage of French......Page 59 3. A natural extension to other Romance languages......Page 64 4. Towards an explanation of the definiteness restriction......Page 65 REFERENCES......Page 68 0. Introduction......Page 70 1. Distribution of rhotics in Ecuadorian and Standard Spanish......Page 71 2. Phonological accounts of the Standard flap-trill alternation......Page 73 3. Problems for phonological accounts of Ecuadorian......Page 76 4. A phonology-phonetics account of Ecuadorian......Page 77 5. Concluding remarks......Page 82 REFERENCES......Page 83 1. The 'Law of Coordination of Likes' and its counterexamples......Page 86 2. Conjunction of temporally and aspectually dissimilar features......Page 89 3. The role of adverbs......Page 92 4. On the asymmetry between tense and agreement......Page 94 5. Negation......Page 96 6. Implications for the structure of conjunction......Page 97 REFERENCES......Page 100 0. Introduction......Page 102 1. Some properties of heavy NPs in Standard French......Page 103 2. Some properties of heavy NPs in Canadian French......Page 106 3. Deriving Heavy NP-shift in Standard and Canadian French......Page 108 4. Conclusion......Page 116 REFERENCES......Page 117 0. Introduction......Page 120 1. Preliminary assumptions......Page 122 2. The analysis......Page 123 3. Reconstruction......Page 125 4. Crosslinguistic data......Page 126 5. Additional asymmetries......Page 128 6. Conclusion......Page 130 REFERENCES......Page 131 0. Introduction......Page 134 1. Current approaches to assimilation in Optimality Theory......Page 135 2. Analysis of the Gallo-Romance data......Page 137 REFERENCES......Page 145 0. Introduction......Page 148 1. Towards an explanation: pro subject in passive sentences......Page 150 2. First difference: The presence of passive morphology......Page 152 3. The second difference: The presence of by-phrases......Page 157 4. Indefinite SE......Page 158 5. Conclusion......Page 161 REFERENCES......Page 162 0. Introduction......Page 164 1. Bare plurals and indefinites from a type-theoretical perspective......Page 165 2. Three types of indefinites......Page 166 3. Unos "a-pl. "as a group indefinite......Page 171 4. Choice function indefinites......Page 173 5. Focus and type-shifting......Page 174 6. Differential scope of indefinites......Page 176 REFERENCES......Page 178 1. The access debate and the Minimalist Program......Page 180 2. The Verb Raising Parameter in L2 French......Page 183 3. Beyond parameter setting evidence......Page 186 4. Conclusion......Page 189 REFERENCES......Page 190 0.Introduction......Page 192 1. An apparent case of conflictual agreement......Page 193 2.Conflictual agreement in qualitativ e nominals......Page 196 3. The internal structure of qualitative DPs......Page 202 4. External agreement......Page 205 5. Internal agreement......Page 206 REFERENCES......Page 208 0. Introduction......Page 210 1. Caribbean Spanish I......Page 212 2. Rio Negro Argentinian and Caribbean II......Page 216 3. Buenos Aires Argentinian and Chinato......Page 218 4. Summary......Page 221 REFERENCES......Page 222 0. Introduction......Page 224 1. Internal arguments in imperatives......Page 225 2. Analysis......Page 230 3. Conclusion......Page 237 REFERENCES......Page 238 0. Introduction......Page 240 1. Pronominal null objects in contact varieties of Spanish......Page 241 2. The syntactic distribution of null objects in languages in contact......Page 245 3. Languages in contact and the 'Transfer of D° Hypothesis'......Page 252 REFERENCES......Page 254 1. Introduction......Page 256 2. Lexical conservatism in English Level 2 phonology......Page 257 3. Formalizing lexical conservatism and split base effects......Page 259 4. French liaison analyzed......Page 264 5. Extensions......Page 276 6. Implications and conclusions......Page 280 REFERENCES......Page 281 0. Introduction......Page 284 1. Proposal......Page 285 2. Illustrations......Page 286 3. Interaction of OSD with suppletive liaison......Page 293 4. French ce/cet "this " in other dialects/registers......Page 297 5. Conclusion......Page 299 REFERENCES......Page 300 0. Introduction......Page 302 1. Optimality Theory......Page 303 2. Long segments and [sC] clusters in Standard Italian......Page 304 3. Piedmontese......Page 312 REFERENCES......Page 315 0. Introduction......Page 318 1. Tense interpretation, TP, and Time arguments......Page 320 2. Times and functional projections in clause structure......Page 323 3. Checking features of Time Phrases......Page 327 4. [±Finite] feature mismatches......Page 332 5. Accusative and finiteness......Page 336 6. Concluding remarks......Page 338 REFERENCES......Page 339 INDEX OF TERMS AND CONCEMPTS ......Page 342 'This volume presents current research in the formal treatment of linguistic phenomena in the Romance languages. It focuses on a variety of issues in phonology, second language acquisition, semantics, and syntax. Topics in phonological theory include the analysis of geminates, assimilation, rhotics, aspiration, syllabification, the interaction of phonology with morphology, the phonology-phonetics interface, and issues of transderivation and allomorphy selection. The primary question addressed in the area of second language acquisition theory is the issue of learners'access to Universal Grammar. The studies in semantic theory examine the proper analysis of indefinites, bare plurals, and specificity, with a particular emphasis on the syntax-semantics interface. Finally, the essays on syntactic theory discuss issues pertaining to argument structure, functional projections, phrase structure and adjunction, feature checking, and the syntactic representation of tense.' This volume presents current research in the formal treatment of linguistic phenomena in the Romance languages. It focuses on a variety of issues in phonology, second language acquisition, semantics, and syntax. Topics in phonological theory include the analysis of geminates, assimilation, rhotics, aspiration, syllabification, the interaction of phonology with morphology, the phonology-phonetics interface, and issues of transderivation and allomorphy selection. The primary question addressed in the area of second language acquisition theory is the issue of learners' access to Universal Grammar. The studies in semantic theory examine the proper analysis of indefinites, bare plurals, and specificity, with a particular emphasis on the syntax-semantics interface. Finally, the essays on syntactic theory discuss issues pertaining to argument structure, functional projections, phrase structure and adjunction, feature checking, and the syntactic representation of tense.