LINGUIST List 21.3848 Sat Oct 02 2010 Diss: Syntax/Semantics: Centeno-Pulido: 'Reconciling Generativist ...' Editor for this issue: Mfon Udoinyang <mfonlinguistlist.org> To post to LINGUIST, use our convenient web form at http://linguistlist.org/LL/posttolinguist.cfm. Directory         1.    Alberto Centeno-Pulido, Reconciling Generativist and Functionalist Approaches on Adjectival Position in Spanish Message 1: Reconciling Generativist and Functionalist Approaches on Adjectival Position in Spanish Date: 01-Oct-2010 From: Alberto Centeno-Pulido <acentenopulidoemail.wcu.edu> Subject: Reconciling Generativist and Functionalist Approaches on Adjectival Position in Spanish E-mail this message to a friend Institution: University of Georgia Program: Linguistics Program Dissertation Status: Completed Degree Date: 2010 Author: Alberto Centeno-Pulido Dissertation Title: Reconciling Generativist and Functionalist Approaches on Adjectival Position in Spanish Linguistic Field(s): Semantics                             Syntax Subject Language(s): Spanish (spa) Dissertation Director: Marlyse Baptista Chad Howe Diana L. Ranson Sarah E. Blackwell Dissertation Abstract: Adjectival position in Spanish has been approached from two different and seemingly incompatible frameworks. On the one hand, Generativism accounts for adjectival position in terms of nominal movement (N-movement; cf. Cinque 1994, Crisma 1993, among others) and a surface order of adjectives based on their meaning (cf. Jackendoff 1972, Demonte 1999, among others.) On the other, Functionalist studies tackle this issue from the point of view of the influence of phonology (cf. File-Muriel 2006), semantic interpretation by speakers of the nouns adjectives accompany (cf. García-Bayonas) or informational structure (cf. Truswell 2003). This dissertation shows how these two frameworks can be considered to be complementary to one another, rather than being in opposition. Generativist and Functionalist approaches do not account however for post-syntactic phenomena such as meaning shift of postnominal adjectives that may be a result of grammaticalisation (cf. Bybee 2003). The two corpora also provide insight on the differences between language registers (spoken vs. written) and the impact of processing constraints of both registers on adjectival position in Spanish. Lastly, this dissertation adopts the NP-movement model proposed by Laenzlinger (2003) as an alternative to N-movement to map adjectives structurally and also to explain grammaticality judgment differences between Spanish and Italian. Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 02-Oct-2010       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.