Middle-Passive Constructions, Dative Possessors, and Word Order in Spanish

This paper examines data from Spanish middle-passive sentences whose grammatical subject contains a body-part noun, externally possessed by means of a dative possessor. I advocate for an analysis whereby the possessor originates inside the theme DP and raises to the specifier of an applicative proje...

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Published in:	Languages
Main Author:	Imanol Suárez-Palma
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2023-12-01
Subjects:	dative possessors middle-passive sentences applicatives minimality clitic left dislocation
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/2226-471X/9/1/15