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External Possession Meets Bare Nouns In Malagasy, Ileana Paul
External Possession Meets Bare Nouns In Malagasy, Ileana Paul
French Studies Publications
This paper examines apparent noun incorporation in Malagasy that is the result of external possession (possessor raising). It is shown that such incorporation is not derived via head movement or via compounding. Instead, it is argued that this is an instance of pseudo noun incorporation (Massam, 2001): the possessum is merged as an NP sister to the predicate. As for the structure of external possession, a non-movement analysis is proposed: the apparent possessor is generated as the specifier of a null possessive head and binds an empty argument position within the possessum. The resulting structure and meaning are shown to …
On The Presence Versus Absence Of Determiners In Malagasy, Ileana Paul
On The Presence Versus Absence Of Determiners In Malagasy, Ileana Paul
French Studies Publications
No abstract provided.
On The Topic Of Pseudoclefts, Ileana Paul
On The Topic Of Pseudoclefts, Ileana Paul
French Studies Publications
This paper presents arguments in favor of a pseudocleft analysis of a certain class of sentences in Malagasy, despite the lack of an overt wh-element. It is shown that voice morphology on the verb creates an operator-variable relationship much like the one created by wh-movement in free relatives in English and other languages. The bulk of the paper argues in favor of an inversion analysis of specificational pseudoclefts in Malagasy: a predicate DP is fronted to a topic position from within a small clause constituent. Moreover, it is shown that the same inversion occurs in equative and specificational sentences in …
La Syntaxe, La Morphologie Et La Phonologie De La Réduction Dans Les Titres, Ivan Chow, Volha Kharytonava, Mikalai Kliashchuk, Ileana Paul
La Syntaxe, La Morphologie Et La Phonologie De La Réduction Dans Les Titres, Ivan Chow, Volha Kharytonava, Mikalai Kliashchuk, Ileana Paul
French Studies Publications
Le présent article examine le cas de la réduction dans les titres de journaux avec les données de plusieurs langues. Nous constatons qu’il existe plusieurs types de réduction: la réduction syntaxique, morphophonologique, et la réduction phonétique. Nous faisons un survol des différents types et nous laissons pour la recherche future une analyse plus détaillée des structures.
Missing Topics In Malagasy Headlines, Ileana Paul
Missing Topics In Malagasy Headlines, Ileana Paul
French Studies Publications
No abstract provided.
Disjunction In Free Choice And Polarity In Malagasy, Ileana Paul
Disjunction In Free Choice And Polarity In Malagasy, Ileana Paul
French Studies Publications
No abstract provided.
Or, Wh- And Not: Free Choice And Polarity In Malagasy, Ileana Paul
Or, Wh- And Not: Free Choice And Polarity In Malagasy, Ileana Paul
French Studies Publications
This paper explores the distribution of Free Choice Items (FCI) and Negative Polarity Items (NPI) in Malagasy. Both FCIs and NPIs in Malagasy are syntactically complex: they are expressed by disjunctions of wh-words. It is shown that this morphosyntactic structure directly reflects their semantics. In other words, FCIs and NPIs are semantically as well as syntactically disjunctive. Moreover, the Malagasy data support analyses of disjunction as a polarity sensitive element.
Multiple Topics: Evidence From Malagasy, Ileana Paul
Multiple Topics: Evidence From Malagasy, Ileana Paul
French Studies Publications
No abstract provided.
The Syntactic Encoding Of Topic And Focus, Ileana Paul
The Syntactic Encoding Of Topic And Focus, Ileana Paul
French Studies Publications
No abstract provided.
Malagasy Clause Structure, Ileana M. Paul
Malagasy Clause Structure, Ileana M. Paul
French Studies Publications
This thesis explores the nature of voice in Malagasy, a language spoken in Madagascar. In chapter 2, it is claimed that different passives promote arguments from different structural positions. Evidence is provided for a particular position, [Spec, v2P], where a certain class of elements (“displaced themes”) may be generated. One particular passive, the aprefix, promotes to subject elements in this position. In chapter 3, arguments are presented in favour of a structural analysis of circumstantial topic (CT). CT morphology licenses all arguments of the verb. Due to a requirement that all clauses have a subject (the Extended Projection Principle), some …