The Functional Structure of Infinitive Relatives in Romance

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Campo DC	Valore
dc.identifier	ECF_article_8790
dc.title	The Functional Structure of Infinitive Relatives in Romance. Consequences for the Cartographic Approach
dc.contributor.author	Villalba Xavier
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Venice University Press, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.type	Articolo
dc.language.iso	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/it/edizioni4/riviste/annali-di-ca-foscari-serie-occidentale/2022/56/the-functional-structure-of-infinitive-relatives-i/
dc.description.abstract	In this article, we will show that the modal properties of infinitive relative clauses are a direct consequence of their defective functional periphery, namely that they just project a FinP in the case of prepositional relatives, but up to ForceP in wh-relatives. While this truncation analysis helps us explain the special properties of infinitive relatives, it offers new insights into the standard analysis of in situ focus as covert movement to FocP and of right-dislocation as left-dislocation plus remnant movement of TP.
dc.relation.ispartof	Annali di Ca’ Foscari. Serie occidentale
dc.relation.ispartof	Vol. 56 \| Settembre 2022
dc.issued	2022-08-31
dc.dateAccepted	2022-05-13
dc.dateSubmitted	2022-04-01
dc.identifier.issn
dc.identifier.eissn	2499-1562
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/AnnOc/2499-1562/2022/10/008
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Focus
dc.subject	Infinitive relatives
dc.subject	Left periphery
dc.subject	Modal adverbs
dc.subject	Topic
dc.subject	Truncation

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Consequences for the Cartographic Approach

Xavier Villalba Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Espanya

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abstract

In this article, we will show that the modal properties of infinitive relative clauses are a direct consequence of their defective functional periphery, namely that they just project a FinP in the case of prepositional relatives, but up to ForceP in wh-relatives. While this truncation analysis helps us explain the special properties of infinitive relatives, it offers new insights into the standard analysis of in situ focus as covert movement to FocP and of right-dislocation as left-dislocation plus remnant movement of TP.

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31 Agosto 2022

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13 Maggio 2022

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01 Aprile 2022

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Keywords: Focus • Left periphery • Infinitive relatives • Truncation • Topic • Modal adverbs

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