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date: 21 September 2024

SE Constructions in the Romance Languageslocked

SE Constructions in the Romance Languageslocked

  • Diego PescariniDiego PescariniCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Côte d'Azur University

Summary

SE constructions across the Romance languages have been classified on the basis of syntactic and semantic evidence. Although the terminology varies, at least four main types of SE can be identified: three constructions in which SE can be interpreted as an argument (the reflexive/reciprocal SE, the arbitrary/impersonal SE, the middle SE) and a residual set of SE-marked predicates in which SE has not a clear pronominal status. Evidence from SE constructions is a crucial test bed for theories concerning the syntactic mapping of argument and event structure.

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  • Historical Linguistics
  • Language Families/Areas/Contact
  • Syntax

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