expose de Andrew Koontz-Garboden Paris 8 lundi 14 mai

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Andrew Koontz-Garboden (University of Manchester)

Semantic variationand the grammar of property concepts

(joint workwith Itamar Francez, University of Chicago)



Date : le lundi 14 mai 2012

Heure : 10h – 12h

Lieu :  Université de Paris 8, salle D143

Plan d'accès : http://www.umr7023.cnrs.fr/Plans-d-acces,672.html
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Abstract



This paperdiscusses the effects of semantic variation in the meaning of
property concept(PC) terms (Dixon 1982) on the grammar of predicative
and comparative constructions.We demonstrate that, in a range of
unrelated and less well-studied languages inwhich PC terms are not
adjectival, such constructions systematically surfacewith possessive
morphology/syntax.  This pattern, which we refer to as "possessive
strategiesof predication", is argued to reflect a semantics of
"property possession",which is necessitated by the lexical
semantics of the participating PC terms. Asemantic theory for possessive
strategies is developed, and a compositionalanalysis of the relevant
constructions is presented for an example language(Ulwa, an endangered
Misumalpan language of Nicaragua). This theory is thenused to address an
outstanding issue in the study of PC constructions, namely,  thenature
of the derivational relationships between the components of
predicativeand comparative constructions: the PC term, the positive
form, and thecomparative form. It is argued that the range of possible
overt morphosyntacticderivational relations can and should be viewed as
directly reflecting semanticcomposition, the possible directions of
which in turn depend completely on lexicalizationfacts.

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