TY  - CHAP
U1  - Buchbeitrag
A1  - Brandt, Patrick
A1  - Petra B., Schumacher
ED  - Alexiadou, Artemis
ED  - Verhoeven, Elisabeth Sophia Maria
T1  - Too strong argument structures and (un-)prepared repair. The case of zu-excessives
T2  - The syntax of argument structure. Empirical advancements and theoretical relevance
N2  - We present zu-excessive structures like Otto ist zu schwer ‘Otto is too heavy’ as instantiations of comparatives that have been reflexivized. Comparatives express asymmetric relations between distinguished referents, but reflexivization identifies argument places (or reduces two argument places to one), leading to a Symmetrie relation. Reflexivization is thus in conflict with the asymmetry property of comparatives and leads to an intermediate semantic representation that is con- tradictory. Two experiments substantiate that zu-excessives share this property with privative adjective and animal-for-statue constructions that similarly give rise to contradictory semantics. The processing of any of the constructions mentioned yields a positivity in the event-related-potential signature characteristic of concep- tual reorganization; however, the observed positivity occurs earlier in the case of zu-excessives than in the other cases. We propose this difference is due to zu signalling the mandatory preparation for an ensuing repair rather than reflecting the repair Operation itself that involves manipulating the Standard of comparison, coded elsewhere in the String (if at all).
T3  - Linguistische Arbeiten - 581 
KW  - Deutsch
KW  - Englisch
KW  - compositionality
KW  - repair
KW  - standard
KW  - excessive
KW  - comprehension
KW  - Argumentstruktur
KW  - Argument <Linguistik>
KW  - Korrektur
KW  - Verständlichkeit
Y1  - 2021
UN  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:mh39-107471
U6  - https://doi.org/0.1515/9783110757255-002
DO  - https://doi.org/0.1515/9783110757255-002
N1  - Supported by DFG to PBS (SCHU 2517/6-1)
SP  - 13
EP  - 31
PB  - de Gruyter
CY  - Berlin [u.a.]
ER  -