How much structure is needed: The case of the Persian VP

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https://doi.org/10.21248/hpsg.2016.13

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The aim of this paper is to tease apart two available views of the VP in Persian. The prevailing view of the Persian VP initially suggested in generative studies assumes a hierarchical structure with two object positions, mainly motivated by the existence of differential object marking in Persian. Building on quantitative studies, we revisit this hierarchical view and show that it is not born out by the data. A flat structure view of the VP, on the contrary, is in line with the data.

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2016-12-16

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Faghiri, Pegah & Samvelian, Pollet. 2016. How much structure is needed: The case of the Persian VP. Proceedings of the Joint 2016 Conference on Head-driven Phrase Structure Grammar and Lexical Functional Grammar 236–254. (doi:10.21248/hpsg.2016.13) (https://proceedings.hpsg.xyz/article/view/532) (Accessed December 22, 2024.)

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2016: Proceedings of the Joint 2016 Conference on Head-driven Phrase Structure Grammar and Lexical Functional Grammar

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Conference papers