Syntactic Structure of Participial Clauses in Meadow Mari

Anna Volkova ()
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Abstract: It is generally assumed that the syntactic structure of participial relative clauses is impoverished, “reduced” in comparison to that of regular RCs (see a. o. Burzio 1981; Chomsky 1981; Hazout 2001; Siloni 1995; Stowell 1981). Participial RCs are often analysed as VP-like structures (for some, embedded under a nominalizing node, Doron & Reintges 2005; Hazout 2001; Siloni 1995, a. o., but see Kayne 1994 who argues that participial clauses have a C, but crucially not a T). The participial RCs typically (i) don’t license usual CP-material (wh-phrases, complementizers); (ii) don’t have an independent temporal reference; (iii) don’t have subjects. Based on the data of Meadow Mari (Uralic) I contend the two latter statements and show that Meadow Mari pRCs can have independent temporal reference and subjects. I further contrast the behaviour of reflexives in embedded infinitival and participial clauses and argue that even if there is a C level in pRC, it is quite different from that of infinitivals.

Keywords: reduced relative clauses; participles; left periphery; anaphora; binding; Meadow Mari; Uralic (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Z (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 16 pages
Date: 2017
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Published in WP BRP Series: Linguistics / LNG, April 2017, pages 1-16

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