Labeling (Reduced) Structures: When VPs Are Sentences

In this article, we analyze five reduced structures in Italian that display morphological agreement between their past participle and their internal argument. Three of the five structures have full illocutionary force despite lacking the middle field and the left periphery. We explain this fact (and...

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Published in:Linguistic inquiry 2024-01, Vol.55 (1), p.1-37
Main Authors: Cecchetto, Carlo, Donati, Caterina
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Argument structure
Clauses
Cognitive science
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Illocutionary force
Italian language
Morphology
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Sentence structure
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Grammatical agreement
Illocutionary force
Italian language
Morphology
Predicate
Sentence structure
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