Spelling out of scope taking arguments in (de-)verbal constructions in Hungarian

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dc.contributor.authorFarkas, Judit
dc.contributor.authorAlberti, Gábor
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-15T12:55:22Z
dc.date.available2024-05-15T12:55:22Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractThe paper systematically investigates operators in post-head positions within the three constructions referring to states of affairs in Hungarian, that is, within verbal, deverbal nominal and infinitival phrases. Hungarian is well-known to be a language in which all types of operator can be, and are usually, spelt out in the pre-head zone. However, it has not been discussed in a systematic and comprehensive way earlier whether operators can appear in post-head positions. The paper points out that this is partially possible via a systematic overview of six basic operator types. It also illustrates that while spelling out operators in the pre-head zone results in unambiguous constructions, placing them in post-head positions yields different types of ambiguity. As for the acceptability of scope taking arguments, finite verbal constructions show a black-and-white picture while infinitival and deverbal nominal constructions can be characterized by gray zones in respect of the readiness of arguments to take scope from post-head position. In these “gray zones”, a somewhat speaker-dependent variation can be observed, presumably with underlying microvariation. To represent and interpret our findings, we use Grohmann’s (2000, 2003) phase-theoretic approach with its pragmasemantics-based three Spell-Out domains per cycle.
dc.description.sponsorshipThe paper is supported by the following project: NKFI FK-128518 (The Syntax of Hybrid Categories).
dc.identifier.citation"Linguistics Beyond and Within", 2022, Vol. 8, pp. 55-74
dc.identifier.doi10.31743/lingbaw.14957
dc.identifier.issn2450-5188
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12153/7016
dc.language.isopl
dc.publisherWydawnictwo KUL
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject(de-)verbal phrases
dc.subjectHungarian
dc.subjectoperators
dc.subjectSpell-Out positions
dc.titleSpelling out of scope taking arguments in (de-)verbal constructions in Hungarian
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
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