Deponency in finite and nonfinite contexts

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2967255
AutoresLaura Grestenberger (0000-0002-6830-9579, autor correspondente)
Ano2018
Data de publicação2018-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoLanguage (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0097-8507 • E-ISSN: 1535-0665
EditoraProject MUSE (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1353/lan.0.0229
OpenAlexW4237930067
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas14
Referências citadas29

This article investigates the syntactic properties of deponents in finite and nonfinite contexts in several Indo-European languages (Vedic Sanskrit, Ancient Greek, Latin, Hittite, Modern Greek) and proposes a novel definition of deponency: deponents are morphologically nonactive verbs with noncanonical agent arguments that are merged below VoiceP. Since VoiceP is spelled out with nonactive morphology in those languages if it does not introduce an external argument itself, the result is a surface mismatch between morphological form and syntactic function. This proposal predicts that only certain nonfinite forms of deponents will surface with the syntax/morphology mismatch, namely, those that include VoiceP. Nominalizations without VoiceP will appear to suspend the voice mismatch. These predictions are shown to be correct with respect to the behavior of deponent participles in the languages under study

Argument (complex analysis) · Hittite language · Infinitive · Linguistics · Modern Greek · Natural language processing · Sanskrit · Syntax · Unification · Verb · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Linguistics and language evolution · Natural Language Processing Techniques · Philosophy · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation