A minimal cartography of Differential Object Marking in Spanish

• Maria del Mar Bassa Vanrell ^[1] ; Juan Romeu ^[2]
  1. [1] University of Texas at Austin

     University of Texas at Austin

     Estados Unidos

     
  2. [2] CSIC
• Localización: Iberia: An International Journal of Theoretical Linguistics, ISSN-e 1989-8525, Nº. 6, 2014, págs. 75-104
• Idioma: inglés
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  • In this paper we use a minimal cartography to show that DOM constructions in Spanish have special properties that make them syntactically and semantically diferent from non-DOM constructions. First, a -marked DOs have a diferent un- derlying structure. In their structure there is a relational projection (RelP) which is modifed by Disjoint, giving the interpretation that the DP complement is a recipient of the action of the verb. Second, a -marked objects occupy a diferent position in the structure from non a -marked objects: while the former occupy the complement of proc(ess), the latter occupy a modifer position. By establishing these two diferences, we provide a unifed explanation for the special properties of DOM

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