Differential object marking and scale reversals

This paper focuses on some problematic aspects of the diachrony of differential object marking in Old Catalan and Old Romanian (11th to 17th centuries). Corpus data from both languages reveal two unexpected facts: (i) there is a prominence of 3rd person to the exclusion of 1st and 2nd person, contra...

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Autores: Irimia, Monica Alexandrina, Pineda, Anna
Tipo de recurso: capítulo de libro
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:2445/219258
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/219258
https://doi.org/10.1075/cilt.357.06iri
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Palabra clave:Català antic
Romanès antic
Diacronia
Old Catalan
Old Romanian
Diachrony
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spelling Differential object marking and scale reversalsIrimia, Monica AlexandrinaPineda, AnnaCatalà anticRomanès anticDiacroniaOld CatalanOld RomanianDiachronyThis paper focuses on some problematic aspects of the diachrony of differential object marking in Old Catalan and Old Romanian (11th to 17th centuries). Corpus data from both languages reveal two unexpected facts: (i) there is a prominence of 3rd person to the exclusion of 1st and 2nd person, contrary to what the Animacy/Person scale would predict; (ii) differential marking appears to be present on nominals (especially proper names), to the exclusion of pronouns, this time contrary to the Specificity/Definiteness Scale. The account we propose for these types of scale reversals builds on the idea that languages can have more than one differential object marking strategy, as well as more than one type of structure for pronouns and animate nominals. Moreover, the co-existence of various mechanisms for nominal licensing can explain why, in some instances, classes lower down the hierarchies can get signaled to the exclusion of higher ones.John Benjamins20252021infoinfo:eu-repo/semantics/bookPart15 p.application/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/219258https://doi.org/10.1075/cilt.357.06iriLlibres / Capítols de llibre (Filologia Catalana i Lingüística General)reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)InglésVersió postprint del capítol publicat a: https://benjamins.com/catalog/cilt.357.06iriCapítol del llibre: Sergio Baauw, Luisa Meroni & Frank Drijkoningen (eds.), Romance Languages and Linguistic Theory 2018: Selected papers from 'Going Romance' 32, Utrecht. John Benjamins, 2021, ISBN: 978-31-1064-656-6., p. 117-130Current Issues in Linguistic Theory ; 357Pineda, Anna et al., 2021info:eu-repo/semantics/embargoedAccessoai:recercat.cat:2445/2192582026-05-29T05:05:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Differential object marking and scale reversals
title Differential object marking and scale reversals
spellingShingle Differential object marking and scale reversals
Irimia, Monica Alexandrina
Català antic
Romanès antic
Diacronia
Old Catalan
Old Romanian
Diachrony
title_short Differential object marking and scale reversals
title_full Differential object marking and scale reversals
title_fullStr Differential object marking and scale reversals
title_full_unstemmed Differential object marking and scale reversals
title_sort Differential object marking and scale reversals
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Irimia, Monica Alexandrina
Pineda, Anna
author Irimia, Monica Alexandrina
author_facet Irimia, Monica Alexandrina
Pineda, Anna
author_role author
author2 Pineda, Anna
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Català antic
Romanès antic
Diacronia
Old Catalan
Old Romanian
Diachrony
topic Català antic
Romanès antic
Diacronia
Old Catalan
Old Romanian
Diachrony
description This paper focuses on some problematic aspects of the diachrony of differential object marking in Old Catalan and Old Romanian (11th to 17th centuries). Corpus data from both languages reveal two unexpected facts: (i) there is a prominence of 3rd person to the exclusion of 1st and 2nd person, contrary to what the Animacy/Person scale would predict; (ii) differential marking appears to be present on nominals (especially proper names), to the exclusion of pronouns, this time contrary to the Specificity/Definiteness Scale. The account we propose for these types of scale reversals builds on the idea that languages can have more than one differential object marking strategy, as well as more than one type of structure for pronouns and animate nominals. Moreover, the co-existence of various mechanisms for nominal licensing can explain why, in some instances, classes lower down the hierarchies can get signaled to the exclusion of higher ones.
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