Éva Dékány
Biographic Data
| ID | 1498124 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Éva Dékány |
| GIVEN NAMES | Éva |
| FAMILY NAME | Dékány |
| SIGNATURE | DÉKÁNY É |
| AFFILIATIONS | ELTE Research Centre for Linguistics |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0737-1774 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The (post-)syntax of repeater classifiers: A case study in Thai
This paper analyzes the structure of Noun Phrases with repeater classifiers (i.e., numeral classifiers that are only used with the single noun they are form-identical with). I show that a previous attempt to account for repeaters in terms of syntactic head movement encounters both empirical and theoretical problems. I suggest that repeaters emerge in the post-syntactic component, via a melody copying operation, which I characterize as a type of s…
Constituency in classifier expressions: Ch’ol and beyond
This paper considers recent arguments from the literature that have been deemed supportive of the view that in Ch’ol (Mayan) numerals and classifiers form a constituent to the exclusion of the noun, and evaluates proposed diagnostics for prob- ing NP-internal constituency cross-linguistically. I show that the purported diagnostics are unsuitable as adjudicators of constituency both cross-linguistically and internally to Ch’ol. This is because the…
Contact-induced change in Surgut Khanty relative clauses
This paper inquires into the structure of newly emerging relative clauses (RCs) in the Surgut dialect of Khanty, an endangered Finno-Ugric language of Western Siberia. The original externally headed RCs in this language are prenominal, with a participial verb form and a gap at the relativization site. More recently new types have been observed as well: post-nominal participles with and without ťu (a morpheme that looks identical to the distal dem…
The position of case markers relative to possessive agreement: Variation within Hungarian
This paper inquires into two issues of Hungarian PPs. Firstly, when Hungarian pronouns bear an oblique case, the case marker must be followed by possessive agreement. Secondly, this pronoun-case-agreement order contrasts with the order found in garden variety possessive structures: ordinary possessive DPs feature the order noun-agreement-case. The goal of this paper is to offer an account of these puzzling phenomena. I argue that a PP structure i…
A Restriction on Recursion
Universal Grammar places a restriction on self-embedding recursion structures created through External Merge: A phasal category of type α can be embedded in a phasal category of the same type where there is a c-command relation between the heads of the two instances of α only if the two instances of α are separated by a phase head. This restriction (the exact counterpart of the familiar c-command cum phasemate requirement that is imposed on ident…
Approaches to Hungarian: Volume 14: Papers from the 2013 Piliscsaba Conference
This volume of papers selected from the 11th International Conference on the Structure of Hungarian addresses current topics in Hungarian linguistics, focusing on their theoretical implications. The papers in syntax investigate the complement zone of nouns, the syntax of case assigning adpositions, sluicing in relative clauses, generic/habitual readings in clauses containing a free choice item, the argument structure of experiencer verbs in Hunga…
Approaches to Hungarian: Volume 14
The syntax of anaphoric possessives in Hungarian
Starting with the seminal work of Szabolcsi, morphologically unmarked and Dative-marked possessors in Hungarian have been the subject of rich investigation. Anaphoric possessive constructions, however, have remained poorly researched. In these possessives the possessor bears the mysterious -é suffix and the covert possessum is interpreted under identity with an antecedent. This paper presents new evidence in favour of Bartos’ (2001) analysis of a…
Argument structure and functional projections in Old Hungarian verbal gerunds
This paper seeks to give a syntactic analysis of Old Hungarian verbal gerunds. I take the “mixed projection” approach to nominalizations (Bresnan 1997; Borsley & Kornfilt 2000; Alexiadou 2001, among others), whereby the extended vP is embedded under nominal functional categories. I argue that in the verbal part of the gerund there is solid evidence for AspP/PredP dominating VoiceP, but there is no conclusive evidence for a TP being projected. I s…
The syntax of anaphoric possessives in Hungarian
Starting with the seminal work of Szabolcsi, morphologically unmarked and Dative-marked possessors in Hungarian have been the subject of rich investigation. Anaphoric possessive constructions, however, have remained poorly researched. In these possessives the possessor bears the mysterious -é suffix and the covert possessum is interpreted under identity with an antecedent. This paper presents new evidence in favour of Bartos’ (2001) analysis of a…
The position of case markers relative to possessive agreement: Variation within Hungarian
This paper inquires into two issues of Hungarian PPs. Firstly, when Hungarian pronouns bear an oblique case, the case marker must be followed by possessive agreement. Secondly, this pronoun-case-agreement order contrasts with the order found in garden variety possessive structures: ordinary possessive DPs feature the order noun-agreement-case. The goal of this paper is to offer an account of these puzzling phenomena. I argue that a PP structure i…
A Restriction on Recursion
Universal Grammar places a restriction on self-embedding recursion structures created through External Merge: A phasal category of type α can be embedded in a phasal category of the same type where there is a c-command relation between the heads of the two instances of α only if the two instances of α are separated by a phase head. This restriction (the exact counterpart of the familiar c-command cum phasemate requirement that is imposed on ident…
Argument structure and functional projections in Old Hungarian verbal gerunds
This paper seeks to give a syntactic analysis of Old Hungarian verbal gerunds. I take the “mixed projection” approach to nominalizations (Bresnan 1997; Borsley & Kornfilt 2000; Alexiadou 2001, among others), whereby the extended vP is embedded under nominal functional categories. I argue that in the verbal part of the gerund there is solid evidence for AspP/PredP dominating VoiceP, but there is no conclusive evidence for a TP being projected. I s…
Approaches to Hungarian: Volume 14: Papers from the 2013 Piliscsaba Conference
This volume of papers selected from the 11th International Conference on the Structure of Hungarian addresses current topics in Hungarian linguistics, focusing on their theoretical implications. The papers in syntax investigate the complement zone of nouns, the syntax of case assigning adpositions, sluicing in relative clauses, generic/habitual readings in clauses containing a free choice item, the argument structure of experiencer verbs in Hunga…
Approaches to Hungarian: Volume 14
The syntax of anaphoric possessives in Hungarian
Starting with the seminal work of Szabolcsi, morphologically unmarked and Dative-marked possessors in Hungarian have been the subject of rich investigation. Anaphoric possessive constructions, however, have remained poorly researched. In these possessives the possessor bears the mysterious -é suffix and the covert possessum is interpreted under identity with an antecedent. This paper presents new evidence in favour of Bartos’ (2001) analysis of a…
The position of case markers relative to possessive agreement: Variation within Hungarian
This paper inquires into two issues of Hungarian PPs. Firstly, when Hungarian pronouns bear an oblique case, the case marker must be followed by possessive agreement. Secondly, this pronoun-case-agreement order contrasts with the order found in garden variety possessive structures: ordinary possessive DPs feature the order noun-agreement-case. The goal of this paper is to offer an account of these puzzling phenomena. I argue that a PP structure i…
A Restriction on Recursion
Universal Grammar places a restriction on self-embedding recursion structures created through External Merge: A phasal category of type α can be embedded in a phasal category of the same type where there is a c-command relation between the heads of the two instances of α only if the two instances of α are separated by a phase head. This restriction (the exact counterpart of the familiar c-command cum phasemate requirement that is imposed on ident…
Contact-induced change in Surgut Khanty relative clauses
This paper inquires into the structure of newly emerging relative clauses (RCs) in the Surgut dialect of Khanty, an endangered Finno-Ugric language of Western Siberia. The original externally headed RCs in this language are prenominal, with a participial verb form and a gap at the relativization site. More recently new types have been observed as well: post-nominal participles with and without ťu (a morpheme that looks identical to the distal dem…
Constituency in classifier expressions: Ch’ol and beyond
This paper considers recent arguments from the literature that have been deemed supportive of the view that in Ch’ol (Mayan) numerals and classifiers form a constituent to the exclusion of the noun, and evaluates proposed diagnostics for prob- ing NP-internal constituency cross-linguistically. I show that the purported diagnostics are unsuitable as adjudicators of constituency both cross-linguistically and internally to Ch’ol. This is because the…
The (post-)syntax of repeater classifiers: A case study in Thai
This paper analyzes the structure of Noun Phrases with repeater classifiers (i.e., numeral classifiers that are only used with the single noun they are form-identical with). I show that a previous attempt to account for repeaters in terms of syntactic head movement encounters both empirical and theoretical problems. I suggest that repeaters emerge in the post-syntactic component, via a melody copying operation, which I characterize as a type of s…
Linguistics (6 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Natural Language Processing Techniques (5 works) · Noun (5 works) · Noun phrase (5 works) · Linguistic Variation and Morphology (4 works) · Possessive (3 works) · Psychology (3 works)