On the Morpho-Syntax of Existential Sentences in Romance based Creoles
In this paper we provide a comprehensive comparative overview of existentials sentences in Romance Creoles. Based on our empirical investigation, we also provide a theoretical analysis of existential constructions which mimic ‘transitive’ possession. Specifi cally, we assume that the pervasiveness o...
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doaj-ced7294e33494f68acee582eab93c5c32020-11-25T02:48:59ZengFirenze University PressQuaderni di Linguistica e Studi Orientali2421-72202020-01-01410.13128/QULSO-2421-7220-23839On the Morpho-Syntax of Existential Sentences in Romance based CreolesLudovico Franco0Paolo Lorusso1CLUNL/FCSH/Universidade Nova de LisboaIUSS, PaviaIn this paper we provide a comprehensive comparative overview of existentials sentences in Romance Creoles. Based on our empirical investigation, we also provide a theoretical analysis of existential constructions which mimic ‘transitive’ possession. Specifi cally, we assume that the pervasiveness of a predicative possession strategy for existentials in Creoles has refl exes in their syntax, for which a possession confi guration, building on recent work of Manzini and Franco (2016), Franco and Manzini (2017, to appear), Franco and Lorusso (2018) will be draw. In essence, we argue that the ‘contextual domain’ of existentials (see Francez 2007; 2009) can be encoded as the possessor of a (transitive) have predicate including the pivot as its internal argument (cf. Manzini and Savoia 2005), with the coda which is (optionally) introduced as an adjunct encoding a further possessor (‘locative’ inclusor) of the predicate (cf. McNally 1992). https://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/bsfm-qulso/article/view/7796Creoleexistentiallocative predicative possessionRomance |
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Ludovico Franco Paolo Lorusso On the Morpho-Syntax of Existential Sentences in Romance based Creoles Quaderni di Linguistica e Studi Orientali Creole existential locative predicative possession Romance |
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On the Morpho-Syntax of Existential Sentences in Romance based Creoles |
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On the Morpho-Syntax of Existential Sentences in Romance based Creoles |
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On the Morpho-Syntax of Existential Sentences in Romance based Creoles |
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On the Morpho-Syntax of Existential Sentences in Romance based Creoles |
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On the Morpho-Syntax of Existential Sentences in Romance based Creoles |
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on the morpho-syntax of existential sentences in romance based creoles |
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Firenze University Press |
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Quaderni di Linguistica e Studi Orientali |
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2020-01-01 |
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In this paper we provide a comprehensive comparative overview of existentials sentences in Romance Creoles. Based on our empirical investigation, we also provide a theoretical analysis of existential constructions which mimic ‘transitive’ possession. Specifi cally, we assume that the pervasiveness of a predicative possession strategy for existentials in Creoles has refl exes in their syntax, for which a possession confi guration, building on recent work of Manzini and Franco (2016), Franco and Manzini (2017, to appear), Franco and Lorusso (2018) will be draw. In essence, we argue that the ‘contextual domain’ of existentials (see Francez 2007; 2009) can be encoded as the possessor of a (transitive) have predicate including the pivot as its internal argument (cf. Manzini and Savoia 2005), with the coda which is (optionally) introduced as an adjunct encoding a further possessor (‘locative’ inclusor) of the predicate (cf. McNally 1992).
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Creole existential locative predicative possession Romance |
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