Word-based morphology–syntax interdependencies
Thai passives
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10141367 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Leslie Lee (0000-0002-0333-8838, National University of Singapore, corresponding author), Farrell Ackerman (0000-0002-7940-482X, University of California San Diego, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 359-406 |
| Publication date | 2015-12-28 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Linguistics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-2267 • E-ISSN: 1469-7742 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0022226715000456 |
| OpenAlex | W2592284109 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 40 |
In this article, we argue that insights concerning the word-based nature of morphology, especially the hypothesis that periphrastic expressions are cross-linguistically common exponents of lexical relations, permit a novel lexical constructional analysis of periphrastic predicates that preserves the restriction of morphosyntactic mapping operations, such as passive, to the lexicon. We do this in the context of the periphrastic Thai thuuk passive, justifying in detail the monoclausal status of the construction, its flat phrase structure, the semantics of affectedness associated with it, and its paradigmatic opposition with other passive constructions in the language. Building on the proposal of Bonami & Webelhuth (2013) and Bonami (2015) that a periphrase relies on a form of the main verb that selects collocationally for an auxiliary element, we develop an analysis of Thai periphrastic passives in which the surface syntax of these predicates is mediated by appropriate lexical representations. Crucially, the rearrangement of arguments in the passive is done lexically, via lexical rule, rather than in the syntax. The resulting analysis is consistent with the classical tradition of Word and Paradigm morphology, which posits periphrastic expression as one of several encoding strategies for the realization of morphosyntactic information within words
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Word and Paradigm Morphology
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Lexical approaches to argument structure
Auxiliary Verb Constructions (and Other Complex Predicate Types)
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A Theory of Predicates
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The Role of Argument Structure in Grammar
Morphology by Itself
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Realisation-based lexicalism
Defining 'periphrasis
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Heteroclisis and Paradigm Linkage
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |