On Tense, agreement, and the syntax of null and overt subjects : evidence from Romance infinitives
Fernández-Salgueiro, Gerardo (National Taiwan Normal University)

Date:	2024
Abstract:	In this paper I argue that the position and realization of subjects in adverbial non-finite clauses in Italian, Spanish, Galician, and European Portuguese can provide valuable insight into the licensing conditions for pro and postverbal subjects in finite clauses in these pro-drop languages. I first provide evidence that Tense and Agreement constitute separate syntactic heads in these languages, as argued by Belletti (1990) among others, and also apply this analysis to non-finite clauses in Spanish, Galician, and Portuguese. I will also argue, after analyzing the syntactic variation exhibited by subjects in non-finite clauses (containing regular and inflected infinitives) in Spanish, Galician, and European Portuguese, that (i) postverbal overt subject DPs are licensed by a full set of φ-features in Agr (overt or covert), (ii) pro is licensed by an Agr head that is overtly realized by either overt φ-features or verb movement, and (iii) preverbal overt subject DPs are licensed by verb movement to Agr.
Note:	Altres ajuts: Ministry of Science and Technology of Taiwan (Beca 110-2410-H-003-011-)
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Null subjects ; Pro-drop ; Infinitives ; Agreement ; Romance languages
Published in:	Isogloss, Vol. 10 Núm. 7 (2024) , p. 1-18 (Articles) , ISSN 2385-4138

Adreça original: https://revistes.uab.cat/isogloss/article/view/v10-n7-fernandez
Adreça alternativa: https://raco.cat/index.php/isogloss/article/view/v10-n7-fernandez
DOI: 10.5565/rev/isogloss.416

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