LINGUIST List 13.1893

Wed Jul 10 2002

Qs: CP/DP Parallelism, Parallelism/Morphology

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  • Joost Kremers, CP/DP parallellism
  • Cristina Ximenes, parallelism in morphology

    Message 1: CP/DP parallellism

     Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2002 22:20:22 +0200
    From: Joost Kremers <j.kremerslet.kun.nl>
    Subject: CP/DP parallellism


    Dear colleagues,

    In the (generative) literature on noun phrases, there exists the idea that the functional categories of the noun phrase are direct equivalents of the functional categories in the clause. E.g. according to Abney (1987), K (for Case) is the equivalent of C, and D is the equivalent of Infl. Others, such as Szabolcsi (1987, 1994) argue that D is the equivalent of C, and Poss (or some such head) is seen as the equivalent of Infl or T. From what I understand, a similar parallellism is seen between Num and Asp.

    The past few days I have been trying to find more literature discussing these parallellisms, but I have not been very successful. So I am turning to this List. If you should know of papers or articles discussing some of these parallellisms, even if it is just in a single section, I would be very grateful if you would let me know about them.

    Thanks in advance.

    sincerely,

    Joost Kremers

    - Joost Kremers University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands Department of Arabic and Islam

    Erasmusplein 1 PO Box 9103 6500 HD Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    http://baserv.uci.kun.nl/~jkremers

    Message 2: parallelism in morphology

     Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 08:21:37 +0000
    From: Cristina Ximenes <saengerlexxa.com.br>
    Subject: parallelism in morphology


    The contrast between (i) and (ii) (from Postal and Pullum 1982) suggests that the Parallelism Requirement may also impose restrictions on morphological operations: if contraction happens in the first conjunct, it must also occur in the second conjunct. Does anyone know of other cases of morphological parallelism like this one?

    (i) I want to dance and to sing. (ii) *I wanna dance and to sing.

    Thanks

    Cristina.