Voice Syncretism Crosslinguistically: The View from Minimalism
Voice syncretism is widely attested crosslinguistically. In this paper, we discuss three different types of Voice syncretism, under which the same morpheme participates in different configurations. We provide an approach under which the same Voice head can convey different interpretations depending...
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| description | Voice syncretism is widely attested crosslinguistically. In this paper, we discuss three different types of Voice syncretism, under which the same morpheme participates in different configurations. We provide an approach under which the same Voice head can convey different interpretations depending on the environment it appears in, thus building on the notion of allosemy. We show that, in all cases under investigation, allosemy is closely associated with the existence of idiosyncratic patterns. By contrast, we notice that allosemy and idiosyncrasy are not present in analytic passive and causative constructions across different languages. We argue that the distinguishing feature between the two types of constructions is whether the passive and the causative interpretation comes from the Voice head, thus forming a single domain with the vP or whether passive and causative semantics are realized by distinct heads above the Voice layer, thus forming two distinct domains. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-00002ed36dc047af87a89d41245de0372024-04-03T04:20:24ZengMDPI AGPhilosophies2409-92872022-02-01711910.3390/philosophies7010019Voice Syncretism Crosslinguistically: The View from MinimalismDespina Oikonomou0Artemis Alexiadou1Department of English and American Studies, Humboldt University of Berlin, 10117 Berlin, GermanyDepartment of English and American Studies, Humboldt University of Berlin, 10117 Berlin, GermanyVoice syncretism is widely attested crosslinguistically. In this paper, we discuss three different types of Voice syncretism, under which the same morpheme participates in different configurations. We provide an approach under which the same Voice head can convey different interpretations depending on the environment it appears in, thus building on the notion of allosemy. We show that, in all cases under investigation, allosemy is closely associated with the existence of idiosyncratic patterns. By contrast, we notice that allosemy and idiosyncrasy are not present in analytic passive and causative constructions across different languages. We argue that the distinguishing feature between the two types of constructions is whether the passive and the causative interpretation comes from the Voice head, thus forming a single domain with the vP or whether passive and causative semantics are realized by distinct heads above the Voice layer, thus forming two distinct domains.https://www.mdpi.com/2409-9287/7/1/19voice syncretismmiddle voicepassiveanticausativereflexivereciprocal |
| spellingShingle | Despina Oikonomou Artemis Alexiadou Voice Syncretism Crosslinguistically: The View from Minimalism Philosophies voice syncretism middle voice passive anticausative reflexive reciprocal |
| title | Voice Syncretism Crosslinguistically: The View from Minimalism |
| title_full | Voice Syncretism Crosslinguistically: The View from Minimalism |
| title_fullStr | Voice Syncretism Crosslinguistically: The View from Minimalism |
| title_full_unstemmed | Voice Syncretism Crosslinguistically: The View from Minimalism |
| title_short | Voice Syncretism Crosslinguistically: The View from Minimalism |
| title_sort | voice syncretism crosslinguistically the view from minimalism |
| topic | voice syncretism middle voice passive anticausative reflexive reciprocal |
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