Verboten reflexivization and hidden meaning in German reflexive inchoative, zu-excessive and particle verb structures
- The paper presents a compact yet comprehensive analysis of the systematically arising change of state or modal meanings of reflexive inchoative constructions, zu-excessive constructions and particle verb constructions in German (Brandt 2019). Verboten reflexivization links a lower thematic role to a higher grammatical function and associated lesser marking illegally. As a consequence, the negation (complement) of a property that is independently coded in the verbal projection cannot be locally interpreted. The corresponding logical form banks off the interface and is interpreted in the structurally next higher syntactic-semantic cycle where indexical information regarding anchoring to times, worlds or thresholds is dealt with. The intransparent semantics of the constructions under discussion is thus the effect of literally recycling a logical form the ex situ interpretation of which provides an economical alternative to a more transparent coding.
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| Author: | Patrick BrandtGND |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:bsz:mh39-128143 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.34103/ARGUMENTUM/2024/23 |
| ISSN: | 1787-3606 |
| Parent Title (English): | Argumentum |
| Publisher: | Debrecen University Press |
| Place of publication: | Debrecen |
| Document Type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Year of first Publication: | 2024 |
| Date of Publication (online): | 2024/09/20 |
| Publishing Institution: | Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache (IDS) |
| Publicationstate: | Veröffentlichungsversion |
| Reviewstate: | Peer-Review |
| Tag: | difference; logical form; recycling; reflexive inchoative; reflexivization; zu-excessive verb structures |
| GND Keyword: | Deutsch; Differenz; Grammatische Relation; Inchoativ; Partikelverb; Reflexives Verb; Semantik; Syntax; zu |
| Volume: | 20 |
| First Page: | 389 |
| Last Page: | 405 |
| DDC classes: | 400 Sprache / 430 Deutsch |
| Open Access?: | ja |
| BDSL-Classification: | Grammatik |
| Linguistics-Classification: | Grammatikforschung |
| Linguistics-Classification: | Semantik |
| Program areas: | Grammatik |
| Licence (German): |  Urheberrechtlich geschützt |