Ground Arguments in German Particle Verbs: A Comparison with Dutch and English

Oya, Toshiaki

doi:10.1017/s1470542709990018

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“…I initially follow an idea in Oya (2009), who analyses certain predicates in German featuring the particle zu 'to' and a dative interpreted as goal of motion: Oya, following Olsen (1997), argues that, although interpreted as a Ground, the dative dem Kind 'the child' is higher than the Figure argument den Ball 'the ball'. He claims, specifically, that the dative is interpreted as the possessor of a null nominal in the complement of zu 'to'.…”

Section: The P-dative As An Applied Argumentmentioning

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Latin datives with prefixed verbs and beyond: A view from the theory of applicatives

Acedo–Matellán

2017

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I discuss the syntax and semantics of dative DPs with a spatial (Ground) interpretation, focusing on those dependent on prefixed verbs, in Early and Classical Latin. I assess and discard the two main previous approaches: the one in which the dative realizes an argument of the preverb (its Ground) and the one in which it corresponds to a benefactive/malefactive dative. I propose an analysis whereby the dative is introduced by an applicative head below the eventive head. In the case of predicates headed by a prefixed verb, I assume that the preverb originates in an embedded PP that involves a null nominal of relational semantics. Being under the scope of the dative, the nominal can be interpreted as inalienably possessed by its referent, whence the inference that the dative identifies the Ground of motion. A felicitous prediction is that the spatial dative should not be licensed by unprefixed manner-of-motion verbs, since they do not encode a resulting location.Keywords: applicatives; argument structure; change-of-location predicates; change-of-state predicates; dative; event structure; Latin; PP; prefixed verbs; preverbs Resum. Els datius del llatí amb verbs prefixats i més enllà: una aproximació des de la teoria dels aplicatiusTracto de la sintaxi i la semàntica dels SPs en datiu que presenten una interpretació espacial (de Fons), tot concentrant-me en aquells que depenen de verbs prefixats, en llatí arcaic i clàssic. Avaluo i descarto els dos principals enfocaments anteriors: aquell en què el datiu expressa un argument del preverb (el seu Fons) i aquell en què correspon a un datiu benefactiu o malefactiu. Proposo una anàlisi en què el datiu és introduït per un nucli aplicatiu situat per sota del nucli esdevenimental. En el cas dels predicats encapçalats per un verb prefixat, assumeixo que el preverb s'origina dins un SP que conté un nom abstracte de semàntica relacional. Com que és dins

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Section: The P-dative As An Applied Argumentmentioning

confidence: 99%