The structure and interpretation of Spanish degree neuter constructions

This paper shows that apparent agreement mismatches in constructions headed by the neuter determiner in Spanish are actually instances of specifier-head agreement at different stages in the derivation of relative cluses and related constructions. The proposed analysis incorporates Kayne's (1994...

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Published in:Lingua 1999-08, Vol.109 (1), p.35-63
Main Author: Gutiérrez-Rexach, Javier
Format: Article
Language:English
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Degrees
Descriptive studies and applied theories
Linguistics
Logical Form
Neuter
Partitives
Relative clauses
Syntax
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Summary:This paper shows that apparent agreement mismatches in constructions headed by the neuter determiner in Spanish are actually instances of specifier-head agreement at different stages in the derivation of relative cluses and related constructions. The proposed analysis incorporates Kayne's (1994) theory of adjective raising within DPs and a detailed study of the semantic interpretation of resulting interface configurations. It is also claimed that the neuter determiner has to be treated as a maximality operator, in the sense of Rullmann (1995), which may bind either a degree variable or an individual variable.
ISSN:0024-3841
1872-6135
DOI:10.1016/S0024-3841(99)00011-X