As-clauses in Catalan and other Romance languages
This article investigates as-clauses in Catalan and other Romance languages. It observes that as-clauses can display an overt or canonical realization of the verbal complement or a gap. It argues that, when as-clauses display an overt verbal complement, they are interpreted as manner adjuncts, and w...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2026 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona |
| Repositorio: | Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ddd.uab.cat:325368 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://ddd.uab.cat/record/325368 https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.5565/rev/isogloss.508 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Filler-gap dependencies Adjunct clauses Relativization A'-movement Evidentiality |
| Sumario: | This article investigates as-clauses in Catalan and other Romance languages. It observes that as-clauses can display an overt or canonical realization of the verbal complement or a gap. It argues that, when as-clauses display an overt verbal complement, they are interpreted as manner adjuncts, and when they display a gap in the verbal complement position, they are interpreted as evidential adjuncts. Whereas manner as-clauses in Catalan are analyzed as adverbial relative clauses, it is claimed that evidential as-clauses involve an operator (tal) moving to an A'-position; such an operator abstracts over a propositional variable in the verbal complement position and is coindexed with the matrix clause. This analysis permits to grasp the very deep differences presented by two superficially very similar constructions and to provide a rather simple account of several idiosyncrasies of evidential as-clauses. |
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