Italian and Arbëresh (Albanian) causatives : case and Agree
Roussou, Anna (University of Patras)
Manzini, M. Rita (Università degli Studi di Firenze)

Date:	2024
Abstract:	Causative verbs in the Albanian variety of Arbëresh take a finite complement clause, with the causee realized as a nominative or as an oblique (like the dative/instrumental causee in Italian). We argue that causatives are biclausal and that their complement is non-phasal, of different sizes (e. g. , vP in Italian and IP/CP in Arbëresh). Being non-phasal, it is transparent to φ-Agree with the matrix v*. The non-phasal vP-complement in Italian triggers an ergative alignment, with the causee realized as an oblique in transitives (or accusative with intransitives/unaccusatives). This option is also available in Arbëresh under contact with Italian, although with a finite complement. The option of a nominative causee in Arbëresh is directly accounted for as φ-Agree with the embedded I. Standard Albanian (and Greek) have an accusative causee, as in English. Given that the embedded I is finite in Albanian, φ-Agree with matrix v* is an instance of hyper-raising. We argue that this option is linked to the null-subject property of Albanian. Finite I is 'strong enough' to label by itself (Chomsky 2015), freeing the DP to enter Agree with a higher φ-probe.
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Agree ; Ergative alignment ; Form copy ; Hyper-raising ; Phase
Published in:	Isogloss, Vol. 10 Núm. 4 (2024) , p. 1-34 (Part 1. Causative Verbs) , ISSN 2385-4138

Adreça original: https://revistes.uab.cat/isogloss/article/view/v10-n4-roussou-manzini
Adreça alternativa: https://raco.cat/index.php/isogloss/article/view/v10-n4-roussou-manzini
DOI: 10.5565/rev/isogloss.310

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