O COMPORTAMENTO SINTÁTICO E SEMÂNTICO DOS SUJEITOS INDEFINIDOS NO PORTUGUÊS BRASILEIRO

Revista Letras ◽

10.5380/rel.v60i0.2877 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 60 ◽

Author(s):

Evani Viotti ◽

Ana Lúcia De Paula Müller

Keyword(s):

Logical Form ◽

Brazilian Portuguese ◽

Existential Interpretation ◽

Mapping Hypothesis

O objetivo deste trabalho é mostrar que, em português brasileiro, a hipótese de mapeamento proposta por Diesing (1992) para o alemão e o inglês funciona diferentemente. Sujeitos que recebem uma interpretação existencial estão em uma posição em que são dominados por IP, e sujeitos que recebem uma interpretação genérica estão em uma posição acima de IP, tanto em estrutura-S quanto em Forma Lógica. De uma maneira mais ampla, este trabalho pretende ser uma contribuição para uma discussão maior a respeito da universalidade da hipótese do mapeamento de Diesing. Abstract The objective of this paper is to show that Brazilian Portuguese (BP) does not follow Diesings Mapping Hypothesis (1992) established for German and English. In BP, subjects which receive an existential interpretation are immediately dominated by IP, whereas generically interpreted subjects are in a position higher than IP, both in Sstructure and in Logical Form. By raising these facts, this paper aims at contributing to the debate on the universality of Diesings Mapping Hypothesis.

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ESCOPO E VARIÁVEIS LIGADAS TÍPICAS DO PORTUGUÊS BRASILEIRO

Revista Letras ◽

10.5380/rel.v61i0.2888 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 61 ◽

Author(s):

Sergio Menuzzi

Keyword(s):

Logical Form ◽

Brazilian Portuguese ◽

Complex Relationship ◽

Null Subjects ◽

Semantic Categories

O artigo procura mostrar que certas formas pronominais, chamadas de variáveis ligadas típicas, levantam questões importantes acerca das relações entre sintaxe e semântica. Tais formas pronominais o reflexivo si, o possessivo seu e os sujeitos nulos do português brasileiro são especializadas para expressar a interpretação de variável ligada (cf. Menuzzi, 2003); no entanto, não podem ser usadas exatamente nos mesmos contextos em que esta é permitida. Em particular, não basta para as variáveis ligadas típicas estarem no escopo de seu antecedente isto é, serem por ele c-comandadas em forma lógica. Antes, as variáveis ligadas típicas exigem c-comando em estrutura-desuperfície. Esta falta de correspondência entre categorias da sintaxe e da semântica indica uma relação complexa entre ambos os componentes da gramática. Abstract This paper tries to show that certain pronominal forms, called typical bound variables, raise important issues concerning the relation between syntax and semantics. The relevant forms the reflexive si, the possessive seu and null subjects in Brazilian Portuguese are especialized in expressing the bound variable interpretation (cf. Menuzzi, 2003); however, they cannot be used in exactly the same contexts in which that interpretation is allowed. In particular, it is not enought for typical bound variables to be in the scope of their antecedents that is, to be c-commanded by them at logical form. This mismatch between syntactic and semantic categories points to a complex relationship between syntax and semantics.

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The adicities of thematic separation

Semantics and Linguistic Theory ◽

10.3765/salt.v0i0.2616 ◽

2015 ◽

pp. 1

Author(s):

Terje Lohndal

Keyword(s):

Logical Form ◽

Mapping Hypothesis ◽

Event Variable

This paper discusses whether or not verbs have thematic arguments or whether they just have an event variable. The paper discusses some evidence in favor of the Neo-Davidsonian position that verbs only have an event variable. Based on this evidence, the paper develops a transparent mapping hypothesis from syntax to logical form where each Spell-Out domain corresponds to a conjunct at logical form. The paper closes by discussing the nature of compositionality for a Conjunctivist semantics.

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Pre-verbal position in BP: a reinterpretation of the "avoid pronoun principle"

Revista Diadorim ◽

10.35520/diadorim.2018.v20n0a23293 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 20 ◽

pp. 610-626

Author(s):

Mary Aizawa Kato ◽

Eugênia Duarte

Keyword(s):

Logical Form ◽

Brazilian Portuguese ◽

The Other ◽

Null Subjects ◽

Null Subject ◽

Initial Element ◽

Null Subject Parameter ◽

Present Distribution

The aim of this paper is to analyze the changes occurring in Brazilian Portuguese, regarding the possibility of null subjects, and suggest the kinds of constraints that explain its present distribution. In this paper, we will propose that the null subject parameter is defi ned at the interfaces. At the level of Logical Form, a constraint like Chomsky’s (1981) Avoid Pronoun will be atwork for languages that are prototypical null subject languages, like Spanish and Chinese. For languages like BP, a system with a particular distribution of null subjects, the constraint will be more specifi c: Avoid non-referential pronouns. We will also propose that at the other interface, the Phonetic Form, languages have fi lters regarding their rhythm. To account for the preference for certain forms, a constraint of the form: Avoid V1 will be proposed. This constraint hasnothing to do with an XP constituent in Spec of C, like in V2 languages, but with a phonetic requirement. This means that the initial element can be a head or an XP.

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The adicities of thematic separation

Semantics and Linguistic Theory ◽

10.3765/salt.v21i0.2616 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 21 ◽

pp. 1

Author(s):

Terje Lohndal

Keyword(s):

Logical Form ◽

Mapping Hypothesis ◽

Event Variable

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Under- and Over-Estimation

Experimental Psychology (formerly Zeitschrift für Experimentelle Psychologie) ◽

10.1027/1618-3169/a000064 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 58 (1) ◽

pp. 39-49 ◽

Cited By ~ 34

Author(s):

Virginie Crollen ◽

Julie Castronovo ◽

Xavier Seron

Keyword(s):

Empirical Data ◽

Accurate Estimation ◽

Numerical Estimation ◽

Production Task ◽

Estimation Task ◽

Reproduction Task ◽

Perception Task ◽

Adult Participants ◽

Mapping Hypothesis ◽

Task Perception

Over the last 30 years, numerical estimation has been largely studied. Recently, Castronovo and Seron (2007) proposed the bi-directional mapping hypothesis in order to account for the finding that dependent on the type of estimation task (perception vs. production of numerosities), reverse patterns of performance are found (i.e., under- and over-estimation, respectively). Here, we further investigated this hypothesis by submitting adult participants to three types of numerical estimation task: (1) a perception task, in which participants had to estimate the numerosity of a non-symbolic collection; (2) a production task, in which participants had to approximately produce the numerosity of a symbolic numerical input; and (3) a reproduction task, in which participants had to reproduce the numerosity of a non-symbolic numerical input. Our results gave further support to the finding that different patterns of performance are found according to the type of estimation task: (1) under-estimation in the perception task; (2) over-estimation in the production task; and (3) accurate estimation in the reproduction task. Moreover, correlation analyses revealed that the more a participant under-estimated in the perception task, the more he/she over-estimated in the production task. We discussed these empirical data by showing how they can be accounted by the bi-directional mapping hypothesis ( Castronovo & Seron, 2007 ).

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