159030320 03 01 01 JB John Benjamins Publishing Company 01 JB code LA 285 Eb 15 9789027246622 06 10.1075/la.285 13 2024023816 DG 002 02 01 LA 02 0166-0829 Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today 285 01 la.285 01 https://benjamins.com 02 https://benjamins.com/catalog/la.285 1 A01 Ludovico Franco Franco, Ludovico Ludovico Franco Università degli Studi di Firenze 01 eng 228 ix 217 LAN009060 v.2006 CFK 2 24 JB Subject Scheme LIN.GENER Generative linguistics 24 JB Subject Scheme LIN.SYNTAX Syntax 24 JB Subject Scheme LIN.THEOR Theoretical linguistics 06 01 This book offers a fresh perspective on how natural languages encode grammatical relations, by delving into the interplay between oblique cases, adpositions, serial verbs, and applicatives. This book reveals, through a series of case studies, the pervasive role of the 'inclusion' relator across diverse linguistic contexts. Departing from traditional views that obliques lack interpretive content, this work presents a unified conceptual framework of relations in grammar. Drawing on minimalist principles, the book posits a preeminence of the lexicon in syntactic projection, shedding light on the underlying ontology of language. By exploring cross-categorial variation and syncretism, it outlines an inventory of primitives shaping morpho-syntactic derivations. 04 09 01 https://benjamins.com/covers/475/la.285.png 04 03 01 https://benjamins.com/covers/475_jpg/9789027214997.jpg 04 03 01 https://benjamins.com/covers/475_tif/9789027214997.tif 06 09 01 https://benjamins.com/covers/1200_front/la.285.hb.png 07 09 01 https://benjamins.com/covers/125/la.285.png 25 09 01 https://benjamins.com/covers/1200_back/la.285.hb.png 27 09 01 https://benjamins.com/covers/3d_web/la.285.hb.png 10 01 JB code la.285.toc vii viii 2 Table of contents 2 10 01 JB code la.285.preface ix x 2 Preface 3 10 01 JB code la.285.c1 1 15 15 Chapter 4 10 01 JB code la.285.c2 16 48 33 Chapter 5 01 This chapter focuses on the syntax of (argument introducing/valency increasing) serial verbs in Creole/Pidgin languages, providing empirical arguments for the model of grammatical relations advanced in a series of recent works by Manzini and Savoia (2011a, 2011b), Manzini and Franco (2016), Franco and Manzini (2017a,b), Manzini et al. (2015, 2020). These authors lay out an analysis of the syntax and interpretation of dative <i>to</i>, instrumental <i>with</i> and Differential Object Marking (DOM) relators, based on the assumption that these elements are predicates endowed with an elementary interpretive content interacting with the internal organization of the event. We assume that these oblique relators, expressing a primitive elementary part-whole/possession relation, may be instantiated also by serial (light) verbs in the grammar of natural languages. We provide a formal approach to cross-categorial variation in argument marking, trying to outline a unified morpho-syntactic template, in which so-called ‘cases’ do not configure a specialized linguistic lexicon of functional features/categories – on the contrary they help us outline an underlying ontology of natural languages, of which they pick up some of the most elementary relations. Such primitive relations can be expressed by different lexical means (e.g. case, adpositions, light verbs, etc.). 10 01 JB code la.285.c3 49 72 24 Chapter 6 01 We consider the applicative-causative syncretism, which is a pattern of morpheme polysemy attested in many different natural languages. We basically interpret the causative-applicative syncretism as based on a shared syntactic configuration. Specifically, we argue that the syncretic morpheme under investigation is the ‘applicative’ counterpart of an adpositional/case elementary relator (Manzini &#38; Franco 2016; Franco &#38; Manzini 2017a,b), attaching instrumental or benefactive obliques (High Applicatives, cf. Pylkkänen 2002, 2008) to the verbal spine. We follow Bellucci (2017), Manzini and Savoia (2018) in assuming that causees in causative constructions can be introduced as obliques, linked to the same structural position as High Appls. The causative reading of the sentence is driven by interpretive means (cf. Franco &#38; Manzini 2017b). This readily explains the possibility of encoding causative and applicatives with the same lexical items. 10 01 JB code la.285.c4 73 113 41 Chapter 7 01 This chapter investigates the nature of Axial Parts (AxPs)/Relational nouns(RelN) and their relationship with Grounds in spatial expressions and beyond. We argue that the relation between AxPs and Grounds is predicative. We challenge the view that prepositions inherently encode spatial meanings, arguing instead that they function as general relators whose specific interpretation depends on the context. The Finnish locative system is examined as a challenge to existing accounts, and a novel structure with a “double inclusion layer” is proposed. Cross-linguistic evidence, mainly basing on Italian and Persian data, supports our analysis, showing that AxPs spread beyond spatial expressions and that prepositions act as general relators for the predicative content. 10 01 JB code la.285.c5 114 133 20 Chapter 8 01 In this Chapter we provide a comprehensive comparative overview of existentials sentences in Romance Creoles. Based on our empirical investigation, we also provide a theoretical analysis of existential constructions which mimic ‘transitive’ possession. Specifically, we assume that the pervasiveness of a predicative possession strategy for existentials in Creoles has reflexes in their syntax, for which a <i>possession configuration</i>, building on recent work of Manzini &#38; Franco (2016), Franco &#38; Manzini (2017a, b), will be draw. In essence, we argue that the ‘contextual domain’ of existentials (see Francez, 2007, 2009) can be encoded as the <i>possessor</i> of a (transitive) <sc>have</sc> predicate including the pivot as its internal argument (cf. Manzini &#38; Savoia, 2005), with the coda which is (optionally) introduced as an adjunct encoding a further possessor (‘locative’ <i>inclusor</i>) of the predicate (cf. McNally, 1992). 10 01 JB code la.285.c6 134 168 35 Chapter 9 01 In this study, we address ethnic adjectives in Italian, challenging the dichotomy between ‘thematic’ and ‘classificatory’ ethnic adjectives recently posited by Alexiadou &#38; Stavrou (2011). Drawing upon the frameworks of Manzini &#38; Savoia (2011a), Manzini &#38; Franco (2016), Franco &#38; Manzini (2017b), Savoia et al. (2017), and Franco et al. (2020), we present a unified characterization of Italian ethnic adjectives. We propose that the derivational morphemes shaping these adjectives serve as a derivational counterpart of the genitive adposition “di” (of) (along with other types of obliques), sharing a common predicational core and signature with them. Furthermore, we suggest that the framework proposed for ethnic adjectives can be broadly extended to relational adjectives in general. 10 01 JB code la.285.c7 169 185 17 Chapter 10 01 In this final chapter, we address the interaction between evaluative morphology and kinship terms introduced by possessives in Italian, showing that the application of evaluative affixes influences the syntactic context in which kinship terms can be employed: they cannot be introduced by a bare determiner when evaluative morphemes attach to the lexical root. We argue that this empirical observation has some clear consequences from a theoretical viewpoint: the fact that derivational morphemes, such as evaluatives, alter the syntactic environment in which a noun is couched supports the theory of grammar advanced in Manzini and Savoia (2007, 2011), who assume that Merge takes morphemes as its input and single morphemes are fully visible to the syntactic computation. 10 01 JB code la.285.c8 186 187 2 Chapter 11 10 01 JB code la.285.refs 188 213 26 References 12 10 01 JB code la.285.si 215 217 3 Index 13 02 JBENJAMINS John Benjamins Publishing Company 01 John Benjamins Publishing Company Amsterdam/Philadelphia NL 04 20240801 2024 John Benjamins B.V. 02 WORLD 13 15 9789027214997 01 JB 3 John Benjamins e-Platform 03 jbe-platform.com 09 WORLD 21 01 00 125.00 EUR R 01 00 105.00 GBP Z 01 gen 00 163.00 USD S 421030319 03 01 01 JB John Benjamins Publishing Company 01 JB code LA 285 Hb 15 9789027214997 13 2024023815 BB 01 LA 02 0166-0829 Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today 285 01 la.285 01 https://benjamins.com 02 https://benjamins.com/catalog/la.285 1 A01 Ludovico Franco Franco, Ludovico Ludovico Franco Università degli Studi di Firenze 01 eng 228 ix 217 LAN009060 v.2006 CFK 2 24 JB Subject Scheme LIN.GENER Generative linguistics 24 JB Subject Scheme LIN.SYNTAX Syntax 24 JB Subject Scheme LIN.THEOR Theoretical linguistics 06 01 This book offers a fresh perspective on how natural languages encode grammatical relations, by delving into the interplay between oblique cases, adpositions, serial verbs, and applicatives. This book reveals, through a series of case studies, the pervasive role of the 'inclusion' relator across diverse linguistic contexts. Departing from traditional views that obliques lack interpretive content, this work presents a unified conceptual framework of relations in grammar. Drawing on minimalist principles, the book posits a preeminence of the lexicon in syntactic projection, shedding light on the underlying ontology of language. By exploring cross-categorial variation and syncretism, it outlines an inventory of primitives shaping morpho-syntactic derivations. 04 09 01 https://benjamins.com/covers/475/la.285.png 04 03 01 https://benjamins.com/covers/475_jpg/9789027214997.jpg 04 03 01 https://benjamins.com/covers/475_tif/9789027214997.tif 06 09 01 https://benjamins.com/covers/1200_front/la.285.hb.png 07 09 01 https://benjamins.com/covers/125/la.285.png 25 09 01 https://benjamins.com/covers/1200_back/la.285.hb.png 27 09 01 https://benjamins.com/covers/3d_web/la.285.hb.png 10 01 JB code la.285.toc vii viii 2 Table of contents 2 10 01 JB code la.285.preface ix x 2 Preface 3 10 01 JB code la.285.c1 1 15 15 Chapter 4 10 01 JB code la.285.c2 16 48 33 Chapter 5 01 This chapter focuses on the syntax of (argument introducing/valency increasing) serial verbs in Creole/Pidgin languages, providing empirical arguments for the model of grammatical relations advanced in a series of recent works by Manzini and Savoia (2011a, 2011b), Manzini and Franco (2016), Franco and Manzini (2017a,b), Manzini et al. (2015, 2020). These authors lay out an analysis of the syntax and interpretation of dative <i>to</i>, instrumental <i>with</i> and Differential Object Marking (DOM) relators, based on the assumption that these elements are predicates endowed with an elementary interpretive content interacting with the internal organization of the event. We assume that these oblique relators, expressing a primitive elementary part-whole/possession relation, may be instantiated also by serial (light) verbs in the grammar of natural languages. We provide a formal approach to cross-categorial variation in argument marking, trying to outline a unified morpho-syntactic template, in which so-called ‘cases’ do not configure a specialized linguistic lexicon of functional features/categories – on the contrary they help us outline an underlying ontology of natural languages, of which they pick up some of the most elementary relations. Such primitive relations can be expressed by different lexical means (e.g. case, adpositions, light verbs, etc.). 10 01 JB code la.285.c3 49 72 24 Chapter 6 01 We consider the applicative-causative syncretism, which is a pattern of morpheme polysemy attested in many different natural languages. We basically interpret the causative-applicative syncretism as based on a shared syntactic configuration. Specifically, we argue that the syncretic morpheme under investigation is the ‘applicative’ counterpart of an adpositional/case elementary relator (Manzini &#38; Franco 2016; Franco &#38; Manzini 2017a,b), attaching instrumental or benefactive obliques (High Applicatives, cf. Pylkkänen 2002, 2008) to the verbal spine. We follow Bellucci (2017), Manzini and Savoia (2018) in assuming that causees in causative constructions can be introduced as obliques, linked to the same structural position as High Appls. The causative reading of the sentence is driven by interpretive means (cf. Franco &#38; Manzini 2017b). This readily explains the possibility of encoding causative and applicatives with the same lexical items. 10 01 JB code la.285.c4 73 113 41 Chapter 7 01 This chapter investigates the nature of Axial Parts (AxPs)/Relational nouns(RelN) and their relationship with Grounds in spatial expressions and beyond. We argue that the relation between AxPs and Grounds is predicative. We challenge the view that prepositions inherently encode spatial meanings, arguing instead that they function as general relators whose specific interpretation depends on the context. The Finnish locative system is examined as a challenge to existing accounts, and a novel structure with a “double inclusion layer” is proposed. Cross-linguistic evidence, mainly basing on Italian and Persian data, supports our analysis, showing that AxPs spread beyond spatial expressions and that prepositions act as general relators for the predicative content. 10 01 JB code la.285.c5 114 133 20 Chapter 8 01 In this Chapter we provide a comprehensive comparative overview of existentials sentences in Romance Creoles. Based on our empirical investigation, we also provide a theoretical analysis of existential constructions which mimic ‘transitive’ possession. Specifically, we assume that the pervasiveness of a predicative possession strategy for existentials in Creoles has reflexes in their syntax, for which a <i>possession configuration</i>, building on recent work of Manzini &#38; Franco (2016), Franco &#38; Manzini (2017a, b), will be draw. In essence, we argue that the ‘contextual domain’ of existentials (see Francez, 2007, 2009) can be encoded as the <i>possessor</i> of a (transitive) <sc>have</sc> predicate including the pivot as its internal argument (cf. Manzini &#38; Savoia, 2005), with the coda which is (optionally) introduced as an adjunct encoding a further possessor (‘locative’ <i>inclusor</i>) of the predicate (cf. McNally, 1992). 10 01 JB code la.285.c6 134 168 35 Chapter 9 01 In this study, we address ethnic adjectives in Italian, challenging the dichotomy between ‘thematic’ and ‘classificatory’ ethnic adjectives recently posited by Alexiadou &#38; Stavrou (2011). Drawing upon the frameworks of Manzini &#38; Savoia (2011a), Manzini &#38; Franco (2016), Franco &#38; Manzini (2017b), Savoia et al. (2017), and Franco et al. (2020), we present a unified characterization of Italian ethnic adjectives. We propose that the derivational morphemes shaping these adjectives serve as a derivational counterpart of the genitive adposition “di” (of) (along with other types of obliques), sharing a common predicational core and signature with them. Furthermore, we suggest that the framework proposed for ethnic adjectives can be broadly extended to relational adjectives in general. 10 01 JB code la.285.c7 169 185 17 Chapter 10 01 In this final chapter, we address the interaction between evaluative morphology and kinship terms introduced by possessives in Italian, showing that the application of evaluative affixes influences the syntactic context in which kinship terms can be employed: they cannot be introduced by a bare determiner when evaluative morphemes attach to the lexical root. We argue that this empirical observation has some clear consequences from a theoretical viewpoint: the fact that derivational morphemes, such as evaluatives, alter the syntactic environment in which a noun is couched supports the theory of grammar advanced in Manzini and Savoia (2007, 2011), who assume that Merge takes morphemes as its input and single morphemes are fully visible to the syntactic computation. 10 01 JB code la.285.c8 186 187 2 Chapter 11 10 01 JB code la.285.refs 188 213 26 References 12 10 01 JB code la.285.si 215 217 3 Index 13 02 JBENJAMINS John Benjamins Publishing Company 01 John Benjamins Publishing Company Amsterdam/Philadelphia NL 04 20240801 2024 John Benjamins B.V. 02 WORLD 08 550 gr 01 JB 1 John Benjamins Publishing Company +31 20 6304747 +31 20 6739773 bookorder@benjamins.nl 01 https://benjamins.com 01 WORLD US CA MX 21 23 01 02 JB 1 00 125.00 EUR R 02 02 JB 1 00 132.50 EUR R 01 JB 10 bebc +44 1202 712 934 +44 1202 712 913 sales@bebc.co.uk 03 GB 21 02 02 JB 1 00 105.00 GBP Z 01 JB 2 John Benjamins North America +1 800 562-5666 +1 703 661-1501 benjamins@presswarehouse.com 01 https://benjamins.com 01 US CA MX 21 1 01 gen 02 JB 1 00 163.00 USD