7. Inalienable possession and the interpretation of determiners
7. Inalienable possession and the interpretation of determiners
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7. 不可剥夺的占有和决定因素的解释
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10.1075/la.56.13gue
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发表时间:
2003
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通讯作者:
J. Guéron
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作者:
J. Guéron
1.1 Inalienable possession (IA) is a construal associated with certain structures containing two nominal constituants, one of which denotes a body part (the Body Part (BP) DP) while the other denotes a human being construed as the possessor of the body part (the POSS DP). Ideally, the grammar associates every construal with a single syntactic structure. In wh-constructions, for example, an overt or covert operator is invariably located in a sentence-initial position where it takes scope over the entire sentence. In passive and middle constructions, the internal argument of the verb raises to matrix subject position, passing over a non-realized or syntactically “demoted” external argument. Because the IA construal is triggered by a variety of sentential structures, it seems at first that one cannot associate it with a single syntactic configuration.In the eventive sentence (1a), for example, the subject realizes the POSS argument and the direct object the BP DP. In (1b) the BP DP is the direct object while the possessor is a Dative DP. In (1c) the direct object realizes the possessor argument while the BP DP is embedded in a PP modifier of V.