| Title: | Pseudopartitives vs. agreement attraction : an experimental study |
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| Authors: | ID Mazzaggio, Greta (Author)
ID Franco, Ludovico (Author)
ID Manzini, M. Rita (Author) |
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| Language: | English |
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| Work type: | Unknown |
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| Typology: | 1.01 - Original Scientific Article |
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| Organization: | UNG - University of Nova Gorica
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| Abstract: | Pseudopartitive constructions are constructions of the form DP-of-NP, where the quantificational, collective or container DP head is interpreted as measuring the embedded NP. A verb can agree either with the head (Head Agreement) or with the embedded NP (Embedded Agreement). We argue that agreement alternations with pseudopartitives form part of lin- guistic competence. Specifically, we account for them in terms of a dual la- belling option open to of -DP/NP constituents, as either PPs (of projecting) or as NPs (of not projecting). Thus, we reject the conclusion that pseudopar- titives are to be accounted for in processing terms, and wholly subsumed un- der agreement attraction. In two studies, we investigate subject-verb num- ber agreement (Study 1, N = 103) and gender agreement (Study 2, N = 87), in an acceptability task with pseudopartitive constructions involving either a collective noun or an approximate quantifier, controlling for the nature of the head. Results show that Italian pseudopartitives allows embedded agree- ment, depending on the speaker and on the nature of the head (quantifiers better than collective Ns). |
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| Keywords: | pseudopartitives, agreement, number, gender, agreement at- traction |
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| Year of publishing: | 2020 |
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| Number of pages: | str. 159-192 |
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| Numbering: | Vol. 19, no. 2 |
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| PID: | 20.500.12556/RUNG-6738 |
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| COBISS.SI-ID: | 76764163 |
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| UDC: | 81 |
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| ISSN on article: | 1720-9331 |
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| DOI: | 10.1418/99002 |
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| NUK URN: | URN:SI:UNG:REP:T6OZ7PRT |
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| Publication date in RUNG: | 17.09.2021 |
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