TY - JOUR
T1 - The Functional Structure of Infinitive Relatives in Romance
T2 - Consequences for the cartographic approach
AU - Villalba Nicolas, Francesc Xavier
PY - 2022/8/31
Y1 - 2022/8/31
N2 - Relative clauses have been a major concern in syntax, semantics, acquisition,and processing studies, however, the focus has been placed, for obvious reasons, on finite prototypical cases. In this paper, we are moving to a less explored terrain, infinitive relatives, with three main goals in mind. First, we will provide a description of left periphery of infinitival relatives in Romance, which is structurally defective in different degrees. Second, we will argue that the truncated left periphery of infinitival relatives in Romance helps us explain certain interpretive properties, namely their particular modal readings. Finally, we will discuss the consequences that our analysis of infinitive relatives has for cartographic analyses involving remnant movement to a rich left periphery.
AB - Relative clauses have been a major concern in syntax, semantics, acquisition,and processing studies, however, the focus has been placed, for obvious reasons, on finite prototypical cases. In this paper, we are moving to a less explored terrain, infinitive relatives, with three main goals in mind. First, we will provide a description of left periphery of infinitival relatives in Romance, which is structurally defective in different degrees. Second, we will argue that the truncated left periphery of infinitival relatives in Romance helps us explain certain interpretive properties, namely their particular modal readings. Finally, we will discuss the consequences that our analysis of infinitive relatives has for cartographic analyses involving remnant movement to a rich left periphery.
UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/8f20264e-e2fe-33dd-b8c7-4409c894f6f8/
UR - https://portalrecerca.uab.cat/en/publications/b2aedb94-f3c1-4b9f-80d3-18f6714e9195
U2 - 10.30687/annoc/2499-1562/2022/10/008
DO - 10.30687/annoc/2499-1562/2022/10/008
M3 - Article
SN - 2499-1562
VL - 56
SP - 137
EP - 158
JO - Annali di Ca' Foscari. Serie occidentale
JF - Annali di Ca' Foscari. Serie occidentale
IS - 56
ER -