Non-agreeing degree constructions

This paper deals with a construction, which we dub Non-Agreeing Degree (NAD) constructions, with the distinguishing property that the agreement pattern between subjects and degree predicates is optionally disrupted, even in languages (like Spanish) where verbs commonly agree with their subjects. We...

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Autores: Mendia, Jon Ander|||0000-0003-0153-164X, Espinal, M. Teresa|||0000-0002-8079-7253
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
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Palabra clave:Agreement
Copular clauses
Degrees
Measurement
Spanish
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spelling Non-agreeing degree constructionsMendia, Jon Ander|||0000-0003-0153-164XEspinal, M. Teresa|||0000-0002-8079-7253AgreementCopular clausesDegreesMeasurementSpanishThis paper deals with a construction, which we dub Non-Agreeing Degree (NAD) constructions, with the distinguishing property that the agreement pattern between subjects and degree predicates is optionally disrupted, even in languages (like Spanish) where verbs commonly agree with their subjects. We show that the agreeing versus non-agreeing alternation comes with important semantic differences for the interpretation of the degree construction. We provide a first systematic description of this type of constructions and postulate a formal syntactic and semantic analysis. We argue that NAD constructions are characterized by degree predicates that introduce a non-conventional nominal scale and by subjects that are interpreted as equally non-conventional units of measurement. We postulate an intensionalization process on the subject of NAD constructions, which we capture via a general nominalization function that allows a default as well as an ordinary agreement pattern between subject and copula.Cambridge University Press 22024-01-0120242024-01-01Articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://ddd.uab.cat/record/293991https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1017/S0022226724000148reponame:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UABinstname:Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaInglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Aquest document està subjecte a una llicència d'ús Creative Commons. Es permet la reproducció total o parcial, la distribució, la comunicació pública de l'obra i la creació d'obres derivades, fins i tot amb finalitats comercials, sempre i quan es reconegui l'autoria de l'obra original.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:ddd.uab.cat:2939912026-06-06T12:50:31Z
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title Non-agreeing degree constructions
spellingShingle Non-agreeing degree constructions
Mendia, Jon Ander|||0000-0003-0153-164X
Agreement
Copular clauses
Degrees
Measurement
Spanish
title_short Non-agreeing degree constructions
title_full Non-agreeing degree constructions
title_fullStr Non-agreeing degree constructions
title_full_unstemmed Non-agreeing degree constructions
title_sort Non-agreeing degree constructions
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Mendia, Jon Ander|||0000-0003-0153-164X
Espinal, M. Teresa|||0000-0002-8079-7253
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Espinal, M. Teresa|||0000-0002-8079-7253
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Agreement
Copular clauses
Degrees
Measurement
Spanish
topic Agreement
Copular clauses
Degrees
Measurement
Spanish
description This paper deals with a construction, which we dub Non-Agreeing Degree (NAD) constructions, with the distinguishing property that the agreement pattern between subjects and degree predicates is optionally disrupted, even in languages (like Spanish) where verbs commonly agree with their subjects. We show that the agreeing versus non-agreeing alternation comes with important semantic differences for the interpretation of the degree construction. We provide a first systematic description of this type of constructions and postulate a formal syntactic and semantic analysis. We argue that NAD constructions are characterized by degree predicates that introduce a non-conventional nominal scale and by subjects that are interpreted as equally non-conventional units of measurement. We postulate an intensionalization process on the subject of NAD constructions, which we capture via a general nominalization function that allows a default as well as an ordinary agreement pattern between subject and copula.
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