Variation and pseudo-optionality of pronominal verbs in Spanish vs. Dutch

Authors

  • Ismael Iván Teomiro García Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (España)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7764/onomazein.27.10

Keywords:

pronominal verb, reflexivization, decausativization, causativization, expansion

Abstract

This work is a study of the argument structure of pronominal verbs in Spanish and Dutch. It provides an explanation of the cross-linguistic variation and the pseudo-optionality of the pronominal particle, based on phenomena at the lexicon-syntax and syntax-phonology interfaces. Two reduction operations on the predicate are proposed for pronominal verbs. In addition, an expansion operation on the predicate is proposed for alternating pronominal verbs, which allow pseudo-optionality as to the presence of the pronominal particle. The cross-linguistic variation is explained by resorting to parametrization of the application of the aforementioned operations at the lexicon-syntax interface, on the one hand, and to phonological materialization rules that operate on the pronominal particle at the syntax-phonology interface, on the other hand

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Author Biography

Ismael Iván Teomiro García, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (España)

Departamento de Filologías Extranjeras y sus Lingüísticas, Facultad de Filología

Published

2013-06-30 — Updated on 2013-06-30

Versions

How to Cite

Teomiro García, I. I. (2013). Variation and pseudo-optionality of pronominal verbs in Spanish vs. Dutch. Onomázein, (27), 144–157. https://doi.org/10.7764/onomazein.27.10

Issue

Section

Articles