The Right Edge of Exclamative Sentences in Catalan
In the paper it is argued that certain exclamative constructions apparently involving right-dislocation of an adjective must be analyzed as having it in situ, forming a small clause with a null exclamative operator. Compelling empirical evidence is provided for this position from the comparison with...
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2001 |
| País: | España |
| Recursos: | Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona |
| Repositorio: | Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ddd.uab.cat:2230 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://ddd.uab.cat/record/2230 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | Exclamative sentence Right-dislocation Degree modification Null operator Oració exclamativa Dislocació a la dreta Modificació de grau Operador nul |
| Resumo: | In the paper it is argued that certain exclamative constructions apparently involving right-dislocation of an adjective must be analyzed as having it in situ, forming a small clause with a null exclamative operator. Compelling empirical evidence is provided for this position from the comparison with clear instances of right-dislocated adjectives. Moreover, it is suggested that the obligatory appearance of the marker de ('of') and the partitive clitic en/ne in this construction, follows from the presence of the null exclamative operator. |
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