conf érence de Ora Matushansky à Paris 8 le 25 octobre

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Le séminaire Architecture Grammaticale de l'UMR 7023 Structures
Formelles du Langage a le plaisir de vous inviter

le 25 octobre prochain, à l'Université de Paris 8, salle D 143
(10h-12h)
à une conférence de


Ora Matushansky







  Head movement and synthetic comparatives



Synthetic comparatives in English (as well as in other languages) have
been standardly assumed to be derived by head movement. This traditional
assumption has recently been challenged both on the semantic and on the
morphological sides. Semantically the prevalent analysis of comparatives
involves phrasal movement of the comparative morpheme with the
associated comparative clause (Heim 2006 and other work).
Morphologically Embick and Noyer (1999, 2006) have argued that synthetic
comparatives are derived by the morphological operation of Local
Dislocation, which involves a relinearization under adjacency. I will
argue that the morphology of synthetic comparatives is equally
incompatible with Heim's analysis and with Embick and Noyer's treatment,
and discuss the adjustments necessary for the return to the traditional
head movement approach.


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