On recomplementation, high adverbs and V-movement in Spanish
I address the structure of the Spanish left periphery regarding recomplementation, i.e., double-complementizer constructions. I establish a contrast between Latin American Spanish (LAS) and European Spanish (ES): while there is an overt low complementizer que in ES, there is a null low complementizer in LAS – this is a novel empirical observation. The latter is different from the construction where low que is absent in ES: the null low complementizer in LAS patterns with the overt low complementizer in ES with respect to the phenomena discussed in this paper. I further tie this difference to the height of V-movement and adverb placement in LAS and ES. I then propose a phase-based account of the contrast.
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 2.Contrast between ES and LAS
- 3.High adverbs and height of V-movement
- 4.Analysis
- 5.Conclusion
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Acknowledgement
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Notes
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