The spurious vs. dative problem
In this paper I bring new arguments against the morphological analysis of the Spurious Se Rule in Spanish (Bonet 1991, Nevins 2007, 2012, among others). I show that both the dative clitic le and the spurious clitic se differ syntactically. These facts strongly argue against the existence of a morphological rule (i.e. impoverishment) mapping the dative clitic into the spurious one, leaving its syntax unaffected.
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 2.Morphological SpuSe rule (Nevins 2007, 2012)
- 3.The spurious vs. dative problem
- 3.1Bare plurals
- 3.2The non-existence of ethical spurious se clitics
- 3.2.1The double object construction hypothesis
- 3.3Spurious ≠ dative
- 3.3.1Weak cross-over repairs
- 3.3.2Principle C effects with post-verbal subjects
- 3.4Binominal sendos in Spanish (Bosque 1992)
- 4.Spurious-se is just reflexive-se
- 4.1Vehicle change (Fiengo & May 1994)
- 5.Conclusion
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Acknowledgments
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Notes
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