A new approach to Negative Concord : Catalan as a case in point
Tubau Muntaña, Susagna (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Filologia Anglesa i de Germanística)
Etxeberria, Urtzi (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (França))
Espinal, M. Teresa (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Filologia Catalana)

Imprint:	Cambridge University Press, 2023
Description:	33 pàg.
Abstract:	In this paper, we revisit the phenomenon of Negative Concord focusing on the Strict vs. Non-Strict divide. With Catalan as a case in point, we show that Negative Concord Items (NCIs) are not negative quantifiers (NQs) or polarity items (PIs) but inherently negative indefinites by virtue of carrying a negative feature [neg] that contributes a negative semantics to the proposition and is subject to a syntax-phonology constraint that forces it to overtly c-command Tense in compliance with Jespersen's NegFirst principle. We argue that to satisfy such constraint, [neg] can disembody from the NCI via overt Move F(eature) to adjoin at a pre-Infl(ection) position and be Spelled-Out homophonous to the negative marker. The Strict vs. Non-Strict contrast follows from whether [neg] always moves independently from the rest of the NCI via Move F (Strict Negative Concord) or predates, whenever possible, on another movement of the NCI that places [neg] in the required pre-Infl position (Non-Strict Negative Concord) thus not having to disembody.
Grants:	Agencia Estatal de Investigación PID2020-112801GB-I00 Agencia Estatal de Investigación PGC2018-096380-B-I00 Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca 2021/SGR-00787 Generalitat de Catalunya ANR-17-CE27-11 Generalitat de Catalunya ANR-18-FRAL-0006
Note:	Altres ajuts: acords transformatius de la UAB
Note:	Published online: 25 August 2023
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Catalan ; Move F ; Negative Concord ; Strict and Non-Strict Negative Concord ; Disembodied feature
Published in:	Journal of linguistics, Vol 60 Num 4 (2023) , p. 757-789, ISSN 1469-7742

DOI: 10.1017/S0022226723000233

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