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Linguistic Variation Yearbook 2001Edited by Pierre Pica
[Linguistic Variation Yearbook 1] 2001
► pp. 105–146
Edited by Pierre Pica
[Linguistic Variation Yearbook 1] 2001
► pp. 105–146
Variation in the phase structure of applicatives
This paper argues that a substantial amount of the variation in the grammatical properties of applicative constructions arises from structural differences between two main types, identified by Pylkkänen (2000) as high and low applicatives. High applicatives take an NP specifier and a VP complement, while low applicatives take an NP specifier and an NP complement. The two types of applicatives differ in their lexical-semantic and transitivity properties, as well as in their A-movement properties under raising or passivization, and in their phonological phrasing. It is proposed that these differences arise from a difference in phase structure, where phases are syntactic domains that play a role in semantic and phonological interpretation.
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