The relative order of foci and polarity complementizers
A Slavic perspective
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4567775 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Elena Callegari (0000-0002-4928-7589, University of Iceland, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 78-122 |
| Publication date | 2022-01-31 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Linguistic Variation (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2211-6834 • E-ISSN: 2211-6842 |
| Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1075/lv.19007.cal |
| OpenAlex | W3166930421 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 29 |
According toRizzi & Bocci's (2017)suggested hierarchy of the left periphery, fronted foci (FOC) can never precede polarity complementizers (PolC); yet languages like Bulgarian and Macedonian appear to display precisely such an ordering configuration. On the basis of a cross-linguistic comparison of ten Slavic languages, I argue that in the Slavic subgroup the possibility of having a focus precede PolC is dependent on the morphological properties of the complementizer itself: in languages where the order FOC < PolC is acceptable, PolC is a complex morpheme derived through the incorporation of a lower functional head with a higher one. The order FOC < PolC is then derived by giving overt spell-out to the intermediate copy of PolC rather than to the topmost one. In turn, this option is linked to the possibility, recorded in all languages which allow for FOC < PolC, to also realize the morpheme expressing interrogative polarity as an enclitic particle attaching to fronted foci
Biology · Bulgarian · Complementizer · Linguistics · Macedonian · Morpheme · Physics · Slavic languages · Syntax · Linguistics and language evolution · Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity · Philosophy · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
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Locality and Left Periphery
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Macedonian and Bulgarian li Questions
The Balkan Slavic clausal clitics
A stress-based approach to the syntax of Hungarian focus
Left Periphery of the Clause
Topics in Bulgarian morphology and syntax
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Syntactic Extraposition and clitic resumption in Italian
Mood and Modality
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |