Italian middle si constructions: evidence from non-finite clauses

我的项目旨在用意大利语重新开启关于狭隘的si的辩论，以探索被忽视的Tough(Certe idee sonofficili da sostenersi‘某些想法很难支持’)和Pretty(Questo PanoramaèBello a vedersi‘Thislandscape is Pretty to Look’)无限结构可以揭示出什么。由于句法(例如，不寻常的移动模式、句法和语义限制)，这些结构本身已被证明是跨语言问题的，而SI和这些结构之间的关系很少成为直接调查的对象。我的初步假设是，在这样的结构中使用si标志着一种中间结构，因为它们与其他非限定语篇中发现的非人称si有很大不同，这可以与其他属性一起与坚硬和漂亮物品实现的投射联系在一起。为了评估这一点，我将通过研究意大利语内部的对比和相似之处，并从可比较的罗曼语和意大利语方言中收集数据，对SI如何与相关非限定从句中的句法环境相互作用进行细粒度的分析。这个项目的结果将远远超出意大利语的句法范围，在解释罗曼斯非限定从句和罗曼多/漂亮结构的变化方面至关重要。此外，我的研究结果还将有助于有关派别和运动理论的句法的争论。

My project aims to reopen the debate about the clitic si in Italian to explore what the neglected tough (Certe idee sonodifficili da sostenersi 'Certain ideas aree tough to support') and pretty (Questo panorama è bello a vedersi 'Thislandscape is pretty to look at') infinitival constructions can reveal about it. The relationship between si and thesestructures, which have proven to be cross-linguistically problematic per se due to their syntax (e.g., unusual movementpatterns, syntactic and semantic constraints), has rarely been the object of direct inquiry. My preliminary hypothesis isthat the use of si in such structures signals a middle construction, since they differ substantially from other non-finitecontexts where impersonal si is found, and that this can be linked, together with other properties, to the projectionsrealised by tough- and pretty-items. To assess this, I will offer a fine-grained analysis of how si interacts with thesyntactic environment in the relevant non-finite clauses by studying Italian-internal contrasts and similarities, and alsousing data from comparable Romance languages and Italian dialects. The results of this project will extend far beyondthe syntax of Italian, proving crucial in providing an account of variation in Romance non-finite clauses and Romancetough-/pretty-constructions. Moreover, my results will contribute to debates about the syntax of clitics and movementtheory.