| Date: |
2023 |
| Abstract: |
It has been observed that certain overt 3rd person object pronouns, such as 'it' in paycheck sentences, propositional clitics in Portuguese and English, 3rd person non-propositional clitics in Catalan, Spanish, Slovenian and Serbian/Croatian may allow sloppy readings. Additionally, it is well-known that Brazilian Portuguese (BP) has lost 3rd person object clitics, which were replaced either by [-animate] null objects or by [± animate] full pronouns. The latter, differently from personal 3rd person clitics in certain languages, do not allow strict/sloppy readings, regardless of their animacy feature specification. Nevertheless, animacy is relevant for the use of 3rd person object full pronouns in BP since only the [+animate] ones can be focused. I propose that the BP does not fit in the tripartite division of pronouns into 'strong/weak/clitic'. I assume that full pronouns in Romance underwent a reanalysis from demonstratives, and that BP full pronouns have a structure that precludes them from licensing strict/sloppy readings. As for the animacy distinction in focalization contexts, I assume that [+animate] full pronouns in BP are specified for [Person] and must move out of VP to check that feature. Thus, they escape the relevant vP phase and become available for checking [focus] by a low Focus head. |
| Grants: |
Agencia Estatal de Investigación PID 2020-112801GB-I00
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| Note: |
This work was supported by CNPq (National Council for Scientific and Technological Development, Brazil) Grant n. 304574/2017-1 and Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia y Innovación, project PID 2020-112801GB-I00. |
| Rights: |
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| Language: |
Anglès |
| Document: |
Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada |
| Subject: |
Object full pronouns ;
Animacy ;
Strict/sloppy readings ;
Dom movement ;
Brazilian Portuguese |
| Published in: |
Isogloss, Vol. 9 Núm. 3 (2023) , p. 1-25 (Articles) , ISSN 2385-4138 |
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