Semantic and Syntactic Properties of the Prepositional Accusative in Barese

Authors

  • Luigi Andriani University of Cambridge

Abstract

This article explores the semantic and syntactic properties of the prepositional accusative in the dialect of Bari. Through a comparison with the semantic and syntactic features identified by Torrego (1998) for the Spanish prepositional accusative, we show that Barese a-marked Direct Objects must be specified for [±human] and [±specific] for the prepositional accusative to be licensed. Its structural position is then tested with respect to the position of verb and adverbs, following the comparative analysis of Romance by Ledgeway & Lombardi (2005). These tests reveal that the Barese prepositional accusative occupies a v-VP-internal position, and that “specificity” is chiefly responsible for the a-marking on the Direct Object as a consequence of its raising to the external specifier of vP.

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Published

2016-05-24

How to Cite

Andriani, L. (2016). Semantic and Syntactic Properties of the Prepositional Accusative in Barese. Linguistica Atlantica, 34(2). Retrieved from https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/la/article/view/24597

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Vol 34, No 2 (2015)

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Articles