Structure of plural pronoun constructions
Studies in Language Companion Series, John Benjamins Publishing Company, ss.155-189, 2020
- Yayın Türü: Kitapta Bölüm / Araştırma Kitabı
- Basım Tarihi: 2020
- Doi Numarası: 10.1075/slcs.215.06tur
- Yayınevi: John Benjamins Publishing Company
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.155-189
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Comitative, Coordination, Exclusive, Inclusive, Phi-features, Plural pronoun constructions
- Kırklareli Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
In Turkish plural pronoun constructions, plural pronouns can receive a singular interpretation, which constitutes a challenge for semantic compositionality. The question is whether this is due to the internal structure of plural pronouns, or whether the issue arises as a byproduct of the syntactic configuration. Earlier accounts tend to blame the problem on the syntax/semantics of plural pronouns. Nevertheless, the fact that it exclusively arises in plural pronoun constructions suggests to the contrary. This study adopts a φP account of Number, and proposes that inclusive plural pronouns result from the mechanism by which the coordinated DP acquires its φ-features. This is demonstrated to explain a number of puzzling properties of plural pronoun constructions that are otherwise left unaccounted for.