Particle Verbs and Local Domains (Linguistik Aktuell Linguistics Today, LA 41)

338 Pages·2002·3.77 MB·English

by  Jochen Zeller

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Particleverbsandlocaldomains
Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today
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UniversityofCaliforniaatBerkeley
UniversityofVienna
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LilianeHaegeman(UniversityofLille,France)
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ChristerPlatzack(UniversityofLund)
IanRoberts(UniversityofStuttgart)
KenSafir(RutgersUniversity,NewBrunswickNJ)
LisadeMenaTravis(McGillUniversity)
StenVikner(UniversityofStuttgart)
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1. Grammar, Comparative and general--Verb. 2. Grammar, Comparative and
general--Particles. 3. Grammar, Comparative and general--Syntax. 4. Grammar,
Comparativeandgeneral--Morphology.5.Semantics.6.Germanlanguage--Verb.I.Title.II.
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Table of contents
Acknowledgements ix
Introduction 1
Thetopicofthisstudy(cid:4)1
Theproblem(cid:4)1
Thesolution(cid:4)3
Particles(cid:4)5
Preliminaries(cid:4)7
Outlineofthebook(cid:4)9
Chapter1
Syntax,morphologyandlexicallicensing 13
1.1 Thelexiconandthearchitectureofgrammar(cid:4)15
1.2 Syntacticmovementand“late”lexicalinsertion(cid:4)23
1.2.1 Movementandinterfacelevel(s)(cid:4)24
1.2.2 ThestatusofLF(cid:4)27
1.2.3 DistributedMorphology(cid:4)28
1.3 Thedomainofmorphology(cid:4)33
1.3.1 Onthenotion“word”(cid:4)33
1.3.2 Therulesofwordformation(cid:4)37
1.3.3 ParallelMorphology(cid:4)44
1.4 Conclusion(cid:4)50
Chapter2
Thesyntaxofparticleverbs 51
2.1 VerbmovementtoComp(cid:4)54
2.1.1 Syntacticseparability(cid:4)55
2.1.2 Themorphologicalapproach(cid:4)61
2.1.3 Theincorporationapproach(cid:4)68
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2.2 VerbmovementtoInfl(cid:4)69
2.2.1 “Morphological”separability(cid:4)70
2.2.2 Backformations(cid:4)76
2.2.3 ParticleverbsandfiniteInfl(cid:4)80
2.3 Gapping(cid:4)83
2.4 Topicalization(cid:4)88
2.4.1 Thesyntacticsideofparticletopicalization(cid:4)89
2.4.2 Conditionsonparticletopicalization(cid:4)93
2.5 Modification(cid:4)100
2.6 Structuralrestrictions(cid:4)101
2.7 Typologicalremarks(cid:4)104
2.8 Conclusion(cid:4)107
Chapter3
Thenon-functionalnatureofparticlephrases 109
3.1 Extendedprojections(cid:4)109
3.1.1 Theextendedprojectionofverbs(cid:4)110
3.1.2 Theextendedprojectionofnouns(cid:4)112
3.1.3 Theextendedprojectionofadjectives(cid:4)114
3.1.4 Theextendedprojectionofprepositions(cid:4)116
3.2 Particlephrasesasnon-functionalXPs(cid:4)127
3.2.1 Referentialnounphrasesandfunctionalstructure(cid:4)127
3.2.2 Prepositionalphrasesandreferentiality(cid:4)135
3.2.3 Adjectivalparticlesandresultatives(cid:4)143
3.3 Conclusion(cid:4)147
Chapter4
Thelexicalrepresentationofparticleverbs 151
4.1 Thesemanticsofparticleverbs(cid:4)152
4.1.1 Particlesasarguments(cid:4)153
4.1.2 Semanticadjunctionandeventiveparticles(cid:4)155
4.1.3 Aspectualparticlesandmeaningvariation(cid:4)158
4.1.4 Non-transparentparticleverbsasphrasalidioms(cid:4)161
4.2 Localdomainsandclass-basedmeaning(cid:4)166
4.2.1 Specialmeaningandsyntacticcontexts(cid:4)166
4.2.2 Class-basedsemanticsandpossiblehosts(cid:4)173
4.2.3 Particleverbsderivedbysemiproductiverules(cid:4)179
4.2.4 Moreirregularities(cid:4)186
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4.3 Thelexicallicensingofprepositions(cid:4)189
4.4 Conclusion(cid:4)192
Chapter5
Localdomainsandmorphology 195
5.1 Particlesassemanticaffixes(cid:4)196
5.1.1 “Semantic”allomorphy(cid:4)196
5.1.2 “Semantic”suppletion(cid:4)200
5.2 Morphologicalpropertiesofparticleverbs(cid:4)209
5.2.1 Particleverbswith“non-existing”baseverbs(cid:4)211
5.2.2 Auxiliaryselection(cid:4)215
5.2.3 Caseassignment(cid:4)218
5.3 LocaldomainsandthelicensingofP0(cid:4)225
5.3.1 Themorphologicalstructureofpostpositions(cid:4)225
5.3.2 Functionalheadsandlocaldomains(cid:4)230
5.3.3 Postpositionsassemi-lexicalelements(cid:4)232
5.4 Conclusion(cid:4)236
Chapter6
Particleverbsandwordformation 239
6.1 Particleverbsinwords(cid:4)240
6.1.1 Themorphologicalbracketingofwordsderivedfromparticle
verbs(cid:4)240
6.1.2 The“NoPhraseConstraint”,CompoundingandAffixation(cid:4)243
6.1.3 TheparticleverbasaV0andwordformationbyMove(cid:4)248
6.2 Structuraladjacencyandmorphologicalstructures(cid:4)255
6.2.1 Reanalysis(cid:4)255
6.2.2 MorphologicalMergerandParallelMorphology(cid:4)258
6.3 Wordformationwithresultativesandh-verbs(cid:4)263
6.4 Conclusion(cid:4)269
Chapter7
Typologicalremarksandreanalysis 271
7.1 OnVerbRaisinginDutch(cid:4)271
7.2 Ontheverb-particlealternationinEnglishandMainland
Scandinavian(cid:4)283
7.3 Conclusion(cid:4)296
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Conclusion 297
References 305
NameIndex 315
SubjectIndex 319
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Acknowledgements
A number of people have contributed to the writing and completion of this
book.It’sarealpleasureformetothankthemhere.
AspecialthanksgoestomythesissupervisorGüntherGrewendorfforhis
support,hisencouragement,andhisconfidenceinme.Ialsowanttomention
themajorroleheplayedinmybecomingalinguist.Hestimulatedmyinterest
inlinguisticsandinlanguageasafruitfultopicofinvestigation.Iamgratefulto
himforlettingmeprofitfromhisbroadlinguisticknowledgeandforallowing
metofindmyownwayandpursuemyownideasatthesametime.Muchthat
Ihaveachievedasalinguist,Iowetohim.
Ialsowanttogiveaspecialthankstomyothertwosupervisors,IanRoberts
and Ede Zimmermann, who spent much time at numerous appointments
discussing my work. I profited greatly from these discussions and from their
helpfulsuggestionsandvaluablecomments.
Without my (linguist and non-linguist) colleagues Katharina Hartmann,
Heike Schmitt-Spall, Eric Fuß, and Joachim Sabel, my time at Frankfurt
university,bothintellectuallyandsocially,wouldnothavebeenhalfasgoodas
it has been. They were always willing to share their time to discuss various
linguisticandnon-linguisticissues.WheneverIneededtotalkaboutaparticu-
larproblemoranewidea,theyofferedmecommentsandcriticismthatshaped
thevariousstagesofmywork.Workingwithandtalkingtothemneverfailed
tobebothinspiringandchallenging.
From 1995 to 1996, I had the opportunity to spend a year as a visiting
scholar at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. The department of
linguisticsatSouthCollegewasextremelystimulating.Aspecialthanksgoesto
HagitBorer,whomademystayinAmherstpossible,andwhosehelp,linguistic
advise, and unconditional support made me believe in my ability to start,
continue,andfinishwritingadissertation.Ihadmanyfruitfuldiscussionsand
constructiveargumentswithher;herworkonthesyntax-morphologyinterface
hadaprofoundinfluenceonmyownwork.ManythankstothefacultyatSouth
Collegeformakinglinguisticsfascinating,especiallyAngelikaKratzer,Barbara