CAHA, Pavel and Lucie TARALDSEN MEDOVÁ. Syncretism in Nanosyntax and three types of passive participles in Czech. Naše řeč. AV ČR, Ústav pro jazyk český, 2020, vol. 103, 1-2, p. 113-130. ISSN 0027-8203.
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Original name Syncretism in Nanosyntax and three types of passive participles in Czech
Authors CAHA, Pavel (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and Lucie TARALDSEN MEDOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution).
Edition Naše řeč, AV ČR, Ústav pro jazyk český, 2020, 0027-8203.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 60203 Linguistics
Country of publisher Czech Republic
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14210/20:00114065
Organization unit Faculty of Arts
Keywords in English Nanosyntax; passive; syncretism
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Tags International impact, Reviewed
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Abstract
Nanosyntax is a relatively new framework of linguistic analysis that originates in the work by Starke (2009; 2018). In this article, we focus on the framework’s ability to deal with syncretism. To have a specific case to work with, we analyze passive participles in Czech. Building on Kratzer’s (2000) work, we introduce a three-way ambiguity of the Czech passive participle. The first distinc- tion we make is between stative (adjectival) and eventive (verbal) passives. The second distinction applies within the set of stative participles and divides them into Target-state participles and Re- sultant-state participles. The latter describe states that hold as a result of some prior event taking place. Target-state participles entail no prior event. The result is a situation where we have three distinct meanings and just a single form (namely the passive participle), which is a situation that is usually covered by the term syncretism. In the last part, we describe how such a three-way ambiguity can be captured in Nanosyntax.
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GA17-10144S, research and development projectName: Lineární kontiguita v jazyce
Investor: Czech Science Foundation
GA19-07004S, research and development projectName: Participia a nominalizace: nové analytické směry (Acronym: PARTNOM)
Investor: Czech Science Foundation
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