| Data: |
2024 |
| Resum: |
Causative constructions in Romance show complex variation regarding the case of the subject of the non-finite clause (causee) and to its position with respect to the main causative verb and the embedded non-finite verb. It has been argued that the variation reflects the diachronic evolution of the causative construction in Romance and also documents an ongoing process of further development. We present original empirical data from a comparative corpus of Bible translations that provide new insights into diachronic evolution as well as to the synchronic variation. Our comparative approach allows us to generalize over additional semantic and pragmatic parameters for the choice of a particular construction. Our data support the assumption of the extension of ECM from clitic to nominal causee constructions in French, but they do not support this for Italian. For Spanish we see some ECM constructions in the most recent translation only. |
| Nota: |
The stablishment corpus was supported by the German Research Foundation (DFG) in various projectsof the first authorat the University of Konstanz, Department of Linguistics, in particular in project P2 KA 1004/4-2 "The structure of wh-utterances and the interpretation of wh-words in Romance (and Germanic) languages" (with María Biezma) as part of the research group FOR-2111 'Questions at the interfaces'(Project-ID 37960619)and in project KA 1004/5-1 "Uncovering verb-second effects. An interface-based typology" (withMaia Duguine, Project-ID 411069456). The research of the second author was funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) as part of the project "Composing events in Romance causative constructions and the semantics of causation" (DO 2113/1-1) and of the project B04 "Interaction of nominal and verbal features for Differential Object Marking", SFB1252"Prominence in Language" (Project-ID 281511265) at the University of Cologne, Department for German Language and Literature I, Linguistics. |
| Drets: |
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| Llengua: |
Anglès |
| Document: |
Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada |
| Matèria: |
Romance ;
Causative construction ;
Diachronic evolution ;
Exceptional Case Marking (ECM) ;
Faire-infinitive (FI) |
| Publicat a: |
Isogloss, Vol. 10 Núm. 4 (2024) , p. 1-34 (Part 1. Causative Verbs) , ISSN 2385-4138 |
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