On pseudo-non-finite clauses in Welsh

Languages differ in how they employ finite and non-finite clauses. Welsh finite and non-finite clauses have a similar distribution to their counterparts in English. However, it doesn’t look like this because Welsh has certain finite clauses which look rather like non-finite clauses. We examine two t...

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Veröffentlicht in:Proceedings of the International Conference on Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar 2016-12
Hauptverfasser: Bonami, Olivier, Borsley, Robert D., Tallerman, Maggie
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Languages differ in how they employ finite and non-finite clauses. Welsh finite and non-finite clauses have a similar distribution to their counterparts in English. However, it doesn’t look like this because Welsh has certain finite clauses which look rather like non-finite clauses. We examine two types of pseudo-non-finite clauses: finite "bod" clauses and finite "i" clauses. We argue that both cases are instances of a mismatch between syntax and morphology, while the latter only involves periphrasis. We provide an HPSG analysis capturing similarities and differences between these two constructions and canonical finite and nonfinite clauses.
ISSN:1535-1793
1535-1793
DOI:10.21248/hpsg.2016.6