A Diachronic Account of τ–Features and of Their Output as Vocabulary Items: On the Limits to the Vocabulary Item Ø

IF 0.3 Q4 CULTURAL STUDIES
Concha Castillo
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Assuming basic tenets of Distributed Morphology and likewise the minimalist framework of Agree, it is argued that the segmentation into Vocabulary Items (VIs) of the Past forms of verbs in Present Day English is as in e.g. deem-ed rather than deem-ed-Ø. The generalized position in the literature is for the Ø-VI to be subject to the Elsewhere condition, which entails that the proper form is deem-ed, that is the form with non-exponence after -ed. The main purpose of the discussion is to give evidence of the Elsewhere condition, and I propose to do so by taking a diachronic perspective and tracking down the relevant changes affecting verbal morphology in the language. It is argued that there are three types of τ–features in Old English and that the specific τ–feature that has as output the VI´s that are commonly referred to as subject agreement endings, which are those among which the Ø-VI steadily imposes itself from the end of the Old English period, is a τ–feature that combines φ– and τ–interpretation. The feature is labelled here [+/–past]AgrT and its τ–interpretation is identified as [morphological distinctiveness between Present and Past relative to Agreement]. The progressive imposition of the Ø-VI entails that the specific content of the cited [morphological distinctiveness…] varies in time, which variation is given diverse formulations throughout the discussion with the help of the Subset Principle requirements. The ultimate formulation is reached after analyzing the differences and similarities between English and Danish–Swedish being another case in point–as regards morpho-phonological loss and the connection with V-to-T movement. The cited formulation entails that the Ø-VI is not available if it is the only VI realizing a given formal feature (note the Elsewhere condition). A corollary of the account is for Present Day English, or rather from the English language from the eighteenth century onwards, not to rely on one binary feature like [+/–past] but on two privative features, each of a different type .
τ -特征的历时性描述及其作为词汇项的输出:论词汇项的极限Ø
假设分布式形态学的基本原则和同样的极简框架的同意,认为在现代英语中动词的过去形式的词汇项(VIs)的分割是如在例如,deem-ed而不是deem-ed-Ø。在文献中,广义的立场是Ø-VI服从于else条件,这意味着正确的形式被认为是-ed,即-ed后无指数的形式。讨论的主要目的是为别处条件提供证据,我建议采取历时的观点,追踪影响语言中言语形态的相关变化。有人认为古英语中有三种类型的τ -特征,并且特定的τ -特征具有通常被称为主体协议结尾的VI ' s输出,其中Ø-VI从古英语时期结束时开始稳步施加自己,是结合了φ -和τ -解释的τ -特征。该特征在这里被标记为[+/ -过去]AgrT,其τ -解释被确定为[现在和过去之间相对于一致性的形态独特性]。Ø-VI的逐步实施意味着被引用的特定内容[形态独特性…]随时间而变化,在子集原则要求的帮助下,这种变化在整个讨论中被赋予了不同的表述。在分析了英语与丹麦-瑞典语的异同后,得出了最终的公式,这是另一个恰当的例子,即在形态-语音损失和与v -t运动的联系方面。引用的表述意味着,如果Ø-VI是唯一实现给定形式特征的VI(注意else条件),那么它是不可用的。这种解释的一个必然结果是,对于现代英语,或者更确切地说,从18世纪开始的英语,不是依赖于像[+/ -past]这样的二元特征,而是依赖于两个不同类型的剥夺特征。
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Revista Alicantina de Estudios Ingleses
Revista Alicantina de Estudios Ingleses Arts and Humanities-Literature and Literary Theory
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