On the encoding of negation by Source prefixes and the satellite-/verb-framed distinction: Evidence from Latin and Spanish

This paper deals with Talmy's (2000) typological distinction between satellite- and verb-framed systems by comparing the expression of negative meaning through Source prefixes in Latin and Spanish complex verbs. In particular, the claim is made that the different scope relations established bet...

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Autor: Gibert Sotelo, Elisabeth
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
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:10256/23980
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10256/23980
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Gramàtica comparada i general -- Sufixos i prefixos
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Suffixes and prefixes
Gramàtica comparada i general -- Verb
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Verb
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Sumario:This paper deals with Talmy's (2000) typological distinction between satellite- and verb-framed systems by comparing the expression of negative meaning through Source prefixes in Latin and Spanish complex verbs. In particular, the claim is made that the different scope relations established between the Source prefixes and the verb root in each language are the reflection of their different typological nature. The core proposal is that Latin Source prefixes lexicalize a Path head that defines a phase, whereas the Path head lexicalized by the Spanish Source prefix is not phase-defining. This has consequences on the timing of Spell-Out as well as on the position in which roots are merged, which naturally accounts for the distinct lexicalization patterns shown by these prefixed constructions in both languages. The negative meaning of Source prefixes, in turn, is derived from the context in which they are embedded