Te puse la mano en el hombro 'I put my hand on your shoulder' : A solution to a puzzling constraint on multiple external possession relations in Spanish
Armstrong, Grant (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

Additional title:	Te puse la mano en el hombro 'I put my hand on your shoulder'
Date:	2021
Abstract:	The main goal of this paper is to provide a solution to a puzzle regarding a constraint on multiple external possession relations in Spanish prepositional double object verbs like poner 'put. ' When both the direct object and prepositional object are body parts with different external possessors, the subject must be the possessor of the direct object body part and a dative clitic the possessor the prepositional object body part, not the other way around. Assuming that possessor movement to theta positions is what gives rise to external possession, I claim that the unacceptable interpretation is due to a locality violation that is incurred when an external possession relation is established between a subject and prepositional object body part that crosses over another external possession relation between a dative clitic and direct object body part.
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	External possession ; Possessor raising ; Locality ; Applicatives
Published in:	Isogloss, Vol. 7 (2021) , p. 1-28 (Articles) , ISSN 2385-4138

Adreça original: https://revistes.uab.cat/isogloss/article/view/v7-armstrong
DOI: 10.5565/rev/isogloss.146

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