Otras reflexiones sobre otro
In modern Spanish otro shows complex properties. In some cases it behaves like a quantifier, in other cases like an adjective, and in others like an indefinite determiner. Studying the interpretive and syntactic behaviour of this element, this article shows that otro is a determiner-like adjectiv...
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In modern Spanish otro shows complex properties. In some cases it behaves like a quantifier, in other cases like an adjective, and in others like an indefinite determiner. Studying the interpretive and syntactic behaviour of this element, this article shows that otro is a determiner-like adjective that contributes to define the referential index of the noun phrase. I show that this was the case in Old Spanish and that it is the case in modern Italian. For this reason, I propose that in indefinite contexts an unpronounced determiner UN enters syntax in the head of the DP and otro must move to the Spec.DP position. Furthermore, I argue that the two readings of otro, i.e. “a further token(s) of x” and “a further type(s)/kind(s) of x”, are associated with two different positions inside the extended projections of the NP.
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| spelling | doaj.art-081a8f7367784a3eb4daac30295a66032023-10-30T08:13:09ZcatFondazione Università Ca’ FoscariRassegna Iberistica2037-65882017-12-014010810.14277/2037-6588/Ri-40-108-17-2journal_article_1269Otras reflexiones sobre otroBrugè, Laura0Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, Italia In modern Spanish otro shows complex properties. In some cases it behaves like a quantifier, in other cases like an adjective, and in others like an indefinite determiner. Studying the interpretive and syntactic behaviour of this element, this article shows that otro is a determiner-like adjective that contributes to define the referential index of the noun phrase. I show that this was the case in Old Spanish and that it is the case in modern Italian. For this reason, I propose that in indefinite contexts an unpronounced determiner UN enters syntax in the head of the DP and otro must move to the Spec.DP position. Furthermore, I argue that the two readings of otro, i.e. “a further token(s) of x” and “a further type(s)/kind(s) of x”, are associated with two different positions inside the extended projections of the NP. http://doi.org/10.14277/2037-6588/Ri-40-108-17-2Determiner-like adjective. Extended projection of the noun phrase. Italian. Silent head. Spanish |
| spellingShingle | Brugè, Laura Otras reflexiones sobre otro Rassegna Iberistica Determiner-like adjective. Extended projection of the noun phrase. Italian. Silent head. Spanish |
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| topic | Determiner-like adjective. Extended projection of the noun phrase. Italian. Silent head. Spanish |
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