Indefinite null objects in Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese

It is well known that (Peninsular) Spanish allows null objects when the antecedent is an indefinite DP, a bare plural. In addition to indefinite null objects, which can have animate or inanimate antecedents, Brazilian Portuguese (BP) allows definite null objects, but only with inanimate antecedents....

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Autor: Cyrino, Sonia
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade de Brasília (UnB)
Repositorio:Caderno de Squibs
Idioma:portugués
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Brazilian Portuguese
Spanish
ellipsis licensing
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spelling Indefinite null objects in Spanish and Brazilian PortugueseIndefinite null objects in Spanish and Brazilian Portugueseindefinite null objectsBrazilian PortugueseSpanishellipsis licensingIt is well known that (Peninsular) Spanish allows null objects when the antecedent is an indefinite DP, a bare plural. In addition to indefinite null objects, which can have animate or inanimate antecedents, Brazilian Portuguese (BP) allows definite null objects, but only with inanimate antecedents. According to the literature, inanimate definite null objects are related to the availability of VP ellipsis licensed by the verb that has moved up to an aspectual projection in BP, an inexistent construction in Spanish. Definite null objects in BP are cases of DP ellipsis, licensed in the same way. Animate definite null objects, being higher in the structure, are inaccessible for this licensing. The problem, then, is how to explain the lack of animacy restrictions in BP indefinite null objects. I propose that indefinite null objects are cases of NP ellipsis licensed by a null D. I assume an analysis for bare plurals as actually being DPs containing a null D licensed by an operator (DE) that encodes absence of definiteness. I propose that the licenser for indefinite null objects in both Spanish and BP is this null D present in bare plurals.  It is well known that (Peninsular) Spanish allows null objects when the antecedent is an indefinite DP, a bare plural. In addition to indefinite null objects, which can have animate or inanimate antecedents, Brazilian Portuguese (BP) allows definite null objects, but only with inanimate antecedents. According to the literature, inanimate definite null objects are related to the availability of VP ellipsis licensed by the verb that has moved up to an aspectual projection in BP, an inexistent construction in Spanish. Definite null objects in BP are cases of DP ellipsis, licensed in the same way. Animate definite null objects, being higher in the structure, are inaccessible for this licensing. The problem, then, is how to explain the lack of animacy restrictions in BP indefinite null objects. I propose that indefinite null objects are cases of NP ellipsis licensed by a null D. I assume an analysis for bare plurals as actually being DPs containing a null D licensed by an operator (DE) that encodes absence of definiteness. I propose that the licenser for indefinite null objects in both Spanish and BP is this null D present in bare plurals.Instituto de Letras (IL) | Universidade de Brasília (UnB)2020-08-31info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/cs/article/view/32021Caderno de Squibs: Temas em estudos formais da linguagem; v. 5 n. 2 (2019): Caderno de Squibs: Temas em estudos formais da linguagem; 14-262447-1372reponame:Caderno de Squibsinstname:Universidade de Brasília (UnB)instacron:UNBporhttps://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/cs/article/view/32021/27383Copyright (c) 2020 Caderno de Squibs: Temas em estudos formais da linguagemhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessCyrino, Sonia 2020-08-31T14:20:20Zoai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/32021Revistahttps://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/csPUBhttps://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/cs/oaimarcuslunguinho@gmail.com||marcuslunguinho@gmail.com|| gramaticagerativaunb@gmail.com2447-13722447-1372opendoar:2020-08-31T14:20:20Caderno de Squibs - Universidade de Brasília (UnB)false
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Indefinite null objects in Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese
title Indefinite null objects in Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese
spellingShingle Indefinite null objects in Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese
Cyrino, Sonia
indefinite null objects
Brazilian Portuguese
Spanish
ellipsis licensing
title_short Indefinite null objects in Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese
title_full Indefinite null objects in Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese
title_fullStr Indefinite null objects in Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese
title_full_unstemmed Indefinite null objects in Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese
title_sort Indefinite null objects in Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Cyrino, Sonia
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dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv indefinite null objects
Brazilian Portuguese
Spanish
ellipsis licensing
topic indefinite null objects
Brazilian Portuguese
Spanish
ellipsis licensing
description It is well known that (Peninsular) Spanish allows null objects when the antecedent is an indefinite DP, a bare plural. In addition to indefinite null objects, which can have animate or inanimate antecedents, Brazilian Portuguese (BP) allows definite null objects, but only with inanimate antecedents. According to the literature, inanimate definite null objects are related to the availability of VP ellipsis licensed by the verb that has moved up to an aspectual projection in BP, an inexistent construction in Spanish. Definite null objects in BP are cases of DP ellipsis, licensed in the same way. Animate definite null objects, being higher in the structure, are inaccessible for this licensing. The problem, then, is how to explain the lack of animacy restrictions in BP indefinite null objects. I propose that indefinite null objects are cases of NP ellipsis licensed by a null D. I assume an analysis for bare plurals as actually being DPs containing a null D licensed by an operator (DE) that encodes absence of definiteness. I propose that the licenser for indefinite null objects in both Spanish and BP is this null D present in bare plurals.  
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