Can we explain strict ordering restrictions with extralinguistic properties?

lecture at conference Linearising Constituents Across Domains 2020, 15-16 October 2020, online

Petra Mišmaš (Author), Gregor Sočan (Author), Franc Marušič (Author), Luka Komidar (Author), Rok Žaucer (Author)

Abstract

Cartographic approach to syntax models strict universal word orders with a universal hierarchy of functional projections. For example, universal order of adjectives [Adjs] (cf. Hetzron 1978, Sproat & Shih 1991, etc.), supposedly comes from a universal hierarchy of FPs which host specific types of Adjs (Scott 2002). Adopting this as a premise, we explore the origin of this hierarchy, i.e., the origin of the specific ordering of individual FPs in the functional hierarchy and thus the origin in which Adjs end up being linearized.

Keywords

adjectives;cartography;universal hierarchy of functional projections;general cognition;experimental syntax;cognitive foundations of syntax;

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Language:	English
Year of publishing:	2020
Typology:	3.15 - Unpublished Conference Contribution
Organization:	UNG - University of Nova Gorica
UDC:	81'1
COBISS:	32947971
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