Agreement in Italian Impersonal Si Constructions: A Derivational Analysis

Abstract

RESUMO Construções impessoais com si em italiano têm sido o foco de inúmeros estudos. Muitas análises, como as de Cinque (1988), Chierchia (1995 e Dobrovie-Sorin (1996, 1998 Cinque (1988), Chierchia (1995) and Dobrovie-Sorin (1996, 1998, have been proposed in order to define the puzzling agreement patterns of si constructions. In this paper, I show that all the various agreement patterns derive from si's double nature as a head and a DP (Chomsky 1995:249 ABSTRACT Impersonal si constructions in Italian have been the focus of a number of studies. Many analyses, such as those of