Melania S. Masià
List of John Benjamins publications in which Melania S. Masià is involved.
2024 Chapter 2. Aspects of morphosyntax of Majorcan Catalan-Spanish bilingual variety: The omission of direct objects Language Acquisition in Romance Languages, Torrens, Vicenç (ed.), pp. 34–55 | Chapter
This paper studies structural convergence between two Romance languages that are in close contact. More specifically, it analyzes the differences in clitic realization and object omission in Spanish and Catalan. While in Spanish it is possible to omit phrases corresponding to direct objects… read more
2019 Chapter 15. A typology of evaluative nouns Romance Languages and Linguistic Theory 15: Selected papers from 'Going Romance' 30, Frankfurt, Feldhausen, Ingo, Martin Elsig, Imme Kuchenbrandt and Mareike Neuhaus (eds.), pp. 295–312 | Chapter
Evaluative nouns (ENs, idiota ‘idiot’, matasanos ‘quack’) do not only assign a property, but also express a value judgment. A degree analysis (Bolinger 1972; Matushansky 2002; Morzycki 2009) encounters some problems, such as the controversial status of nominal gradability and the relation… read more
2018 From completely free to complete freedom: Spanish adjectives of completeness as maximizers of property concept nouns Romance Languages and Linguistic Theory 13: Selected papers from ‘Going Romance’ 29, Nijmegen, Berns, Janine, Haike Jacobs and Dominique Nouveau (eds.), pp. 225–244 | Chapter
Maximizers (completely, fully) are degree modifiers sensitive to the scale structure of the adjective they combine with. Spanish adjectives of completeness (completo ‘complete’, total ‘total’) show a distribution similar to that of their adverbial counterparts when modifying property concept [PC]… read more
L1 proximity and syntactic complexity in L2 Italian acquisition: Evidence from Clitic Pronouns Journal of Second Language Studies: Online-First Articles | Article
Studies on second language acquisition suggest that clitic pronouns are challenging syntactic elements for L2ers to acquire. This study examines the acquisition of Italian accusative clitics by Spanish and Swedish L2ers. Extending Romano’s (2020) research on Swedish speakers, it employs an oral… read more