Alternating unaccusatives and the distribution of roots

MC Cuervo - Lingua, 2014 - Elsevier
This paper argues for two structural types of unaccusative constructions which systematically
differ in semantic and morphosyntactic properties. Evidence is presented from alternating …

An Implicit Projected Argument in Spanish Impersonal‐ and Passive‐Se Constructions

JE MacDonald - Syntax, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
This article argues for the presence of an implicit projected argument in Spec, Voice in
Spanish impersonal‐and passive‐se constructions. The main empirical support comes from …

Causalness and the encoding of the causative–anticausative alternation in French and Spanish1

S Heidinger - Journal of Linguistics, 2015 - cambridge.org
In French and Spanish, both parts of the causative–anticausative alternation can be formally
encoded in two ways: Depending on the form of the verb, marked and unmarked causatives …

Deconstructing SE-constructions: Number agreement and postsyntactic variation

J Ormazabal, J Romero - Linguistic Inquiry, 2024 - direct.mit.edu
Most analyses of nonparadigmatic SE sentences derive their agreement patterns
structurally, forcing a passive/impersonal distinction against all evidence. Instead, we …

On the grammaticality of passivization in bilingual compound verbs

O Balam, H Stadthagen-González… - International …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Objectives/research questions: We examined stative and eventive passive bilingual
compound verbs (BCVs) in Spanish/English code-switching. Of particular interest to us was …

Basque impersonals in comparison

B Fernández, A Berro - Linguistics, 2022 - degruyter.com
The Basque impersonal is a detransitivized construction that resembles middles, passives
and impersonals. In this construction, the thematic object is the grammatical subject, which …

SE in Spanish: Properties, structures and analyses

A Fábregas - 2021 - munin.uit.no
This article provides an overview of Spanish SE, covering the main empirical facts, analyses
and theoretical issues that it raises, and exploring the prospects to unify all uses–which are …

[图书][B] Defective causative and perception verb constructions in Romance: A minimalist approach to infinitival and subjunctive clauses

E Ciutescu - 2019 - ddd.uab.cat
Aquesta tesi explora aspectes de la variació microparamètrica que es troba en la
complementació defectiva dels verbs causatius i de percepció en les llengües romàniques …

Voice and voice alternations

PC Hofherr - Manual of Romance morphosyntax and syntax, 2017 - degruyter.com
In the transition from Latin to Early Romance the synthetic passive forms were lost, followed
by a restructuring of the voice system. The reinterpretation of originally perfective passive …

Euskarazko elkarkari iragangaitzak: lexikoak ala sintaktikoak?

KB Hernandez - Fontes linguae vasconum: Studia et documenta, 2022 - dialnet.unirioja.es
Las construcciones recíprocas canónicas en euskera se forman mediante la anáfora
recíproca elkar. Aún así, existen también las recíprocas intransitivas, que se construyen sin …