Differential object marking in Barese
Old and new perspectives
This article describes the behaviour of differential
object marking (DOM) in Barese in the light of a preliminary study conducted
by the author, which is here refined and rectified thanks to sets of novel
data. A variety of referents along the Definiteness Scale is considered and
discussed, and these suggest that DOM in Barese is obligatory with highly
specific and referential determiner-less elements, but it becomes optional,
if not ungrammatical, with nouns modified by an overt functional element,
e.g. (in)definite determiners, numerals, or quantifiers. Furthermore, two
structural contexts block DOM in Barese, namely the co-occurrence of human
direct and indirect objects, and whenever the DO is embedded under a
perception verb.
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 2.A preliminary overview on Barese DOM
- 3.A new overview of Barese DOM
- 3.1Pronouns with human referents
- 3.1.1Personal pronouns
- 3.1.2Demonstrative pronouns
- 3.2Kinship terms and proper names
- 3.3Overt determiners: Demonstratives and definite articles
- 3.3.1Demonstrative + NP
- 3.3.2Definite article + NP
- 3.3.2.1Singular DPs
- 3.3.2.2Plural DPs
- 3.3.2.3Non-human DPs
- 3.4Indefinite pronouns
- 3.5Indefinites, numerals, and quantifiers + NP
- 4.Structural contexts blocking DOM in Barese
- 4.1Ditransitive structures with human indirect objects
- 4.2Complement of perception verbs
- 5.Conclusions
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Acknowledgements
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Notes
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References
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