Argument structure and morphology: the case of en-prefixation revisited

In this paper I argue that en-prefixed words in Catalan and English (e.g. amorN 'love' > [[en+amor]V+ar]V 'to make someone fall in love'; nobleA > [en+noble]V are not exceptions to the Right-hand Head Rule (RHR; Williams 1981a). I argue that a Ø-suffix, and not the prefix e...

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Main Author: Susanna Padrosa Trias
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: UPV/EHU Press 2007-04-01
Series:Anuario del Seminario de Filología Vasca "Julio de Urquijo"
Online Access:https://ojs.ehu.eus/index.php/ASJU/article/view/3902
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spelling doaj-99572fc89f994a958288892945e0a16d2021-06-04T08:18:37ZengUPV/EHU PressAnuario del Seminario de Filología Vasca "Julio de Urquijo"0582-61522444-29922007-04-0141210.1387/asju.3902Argument structure and morphology: the case of en-prefixation revisitedSusanna Padrosa TriasIn this paper I argue that en-prefixed words in Catalan and English (e.g. amorN 'love' > [[en+amor]V+ar]V 'to make someone fall in love'; nobleA > [en+noble]V are not exceptions to the Right-hand Head Rule (RHR; Williams 1981a). I argue that a Ø-suffix, and not the prefix en-, is responsible for the conversion of adjectives and nouns to verbs (Neeleman & Schipper 1992). The q-grid of N/A-to-V prefixations provides the empirical evidence in favour of the conversion-suffix. The Ø-suffix will be responsible for the presence of a [+c] role and the prefix will account for the [-c-m] features sometimes present in denominal verbs. I will also show that an unaccusative approach (Grimshaw 1990, Sportiche 1998) to reflexives (in Romance) can deal with the data more satisfactorily than an unergative one (Reinhart & Siloni 1999). Finally, a syntactic theory of argument structure (cf. Hale & Keyser 1993, 1998, 2002) will prove not to be sufficient to account for the data. https://ojs.ehu.eus/index.php/ASJU/article/view/3902
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Argument structure and morphology: the case of en-prefixation revisited
Anuario del Seminario de Filología Vasca "Julio de Urquijo"
author_facet Susanna Padrosa Trias
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title Argument structure and morphology: the case of en-prefixation revisited
title_short Argument structure and morphology: the case of en-prefixation revisited
title_full Argument structure and morphology: the case of en-prefixation revisited
title_fullStr Argument structure and morphology: the case of en-prefixation revisited
title_full_unstemmed Argument structure and morphology: the case of en-prefixation revisited
title_sort argument structure and morphology: the case of en-prefixation revisited
publisher UPV/EHU Press
series Anuario del Seminario de Filología Vasca "Julio de Urquijo"
issn 0582-6152
2444-2992
publishDate 2007-04-01
description In this paper I argue that en-prefixed words in Catalan and English (e.g. amorN 'love' > [[en+amor]V+ar]V 'to make someone fall in love'; nobleA > [en+noble]V are not exceptions to the Right-hand Head Rule (RHR; Williams 1981a). I argue that a Ø-suffix, and not the prefix en-, is responsible for the conversion of adjectives and nouns to verbs (Neeleman & Schipper 1992). The q-grid of N/A-to-V prefixations provides the empirical evidence in favour of the conversion-suffix. The Ø-suffix will be responsible for the presence of a [+c] role and the prefix will account for the [-c-m] features sometimes present in denominal verbs. I will also show that an unaccusative approach (Grimshaw 1990, Sportiche 1998) to reflexives (in Romance) can deal with the data more satisfactorily than an unergative one (Reinhart & Siloni 1999). Finally, a syntactic theory of argument structure (cf. Hale & Keyser 1993, 1998, 2002) will prove not to be sufficient to account for the data.
url https://ojs.ehu.eus/index.php/ASJU/article/view/3902
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