Current Issues in Generative Linguistics Syntax, Semantics, and Phonology edited by Joanna Błaszczak, Bożena Rozwadowska, and Wojciech Witkowski Contents About this volume part one: syntax Generative Linguistics in Wrocław (GLiW) series is published by the Center Ángel l. Jiménez-FernÁndez and Selçuk İşSever for General and Comparative Linguistics, a unit of the Institute of English at the University of Wrocław. Deriving A/A’-Effects in Topic Fronting: Intervention of Focus and Binding Address: nataša knežević Center for General and Comparative Linguistics (CGCL) Serbian Distributive Children ul. Kuźnicza 22 50-138 Wrocław, Poland Slavica kochovSka Two Kinds of Dislocated Topics in Macedonian about the series: Generative Linguistics in Wrocław (GLiW) is meant to provide a suitable forum for the presentation and discussion of the Pol- katarzyna miechowicz-mathiaSen ish research within the field of generative linguistics. We are interested in Licensing Polish Higher Numerals: An Account of the Accusative Hypothesis studies that employ generative methodology to the synchronic or diachronic analysis of phonology, semantics, morphology, and syntax. Apart from that, kathleen m. o’connor we express a keen interest in interdisciplinary research that is based on typol- On the Positions of Subjects and Floating Quantifiers in Appositives ogy, diachrony, and especially experimental methods taken from psycho- or neurolinguistics and applied so as to provide a psycholinguistic background yurie okami to purely theoretical research. We believe that the dissemination of ideas is Two Types of Modification and the Adnominal Modification in Japanese fundamental to any scientific advancement and thus our choice is to publish research studies in the form of ebooks, available for free on our website. Jacek witkoś and SylwiuSz ŻychlińSki Editor of the series — Joanna Błaszczak A Three-way Distinction in Adjunct Control in Polish Series cover design — Marcin Orszulak part two: (syntax)-semantics ISSN 2084-5723 adam Biały Current Issues in Generative Linguistics Syntax, Semantics, and Phonology The Multilayer Analysis of Prefixes in Polish © Copyright by Pracownia Językoznawstwa Ogólnego i Porównawczego (CGCL) BoŻena cetnarowSka and helen trugman ISBN 978-83-932687-1-9 Falling Between the Chairs: Are Classifying Adjective+Noun Complexes Published: 2nd August 2012 Publisher: CGCL Lexical or Syntactic Formations? Layouted and typeset by Artur Rozwadowski ewelina Frąckowiak All rights reserved. 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If you would like to share Part three: Phonology this ebook with another person, please inform each recipient where to find it. karolina Broś Find out more about CGCL at http://www.ifa.uni.wroc.pl/linguistics/ Chilean Spanish /s/ Weakening as an Example of Phonological Opacity ARTUR KIJAK On the Triangular Relationship of Velars and Labials in the History of English REGULA SUTTER Umlaut and Lowering in Swiss German iii ments (in particular, dative Experiencers or prepositional causers). Her more Contributors general domains of research are morphology-syntax, syntax-semantics, and lan- guage typology. Contact: [email protected] Adam Biały is an Assistant Professor at the University of Wrocław, Po- land. He works in the Department of English Studies. His research interests Katarzyna Miechowicz-Mathiasen is an Assistant Professor in the cover such areas in linguistics as generative syntax, semantics, syntax-se- Faculty of English at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poland. Her research mantics interface, diachronic linguistics, language and cognition, and com- interests encompass minimalist syntax, generative grammar, numeral sys- pa rative linguistics. Contact: [email protected] tems, and philosophy of language. Contact: [email protected] Karolina Broś is a PhD student at Warsaw University in Poland. Her re- Kathleen M. O’Connor holds a position of a maître de conférences at search interests concern Spanish phonology, syllable theory, DOT, opacity the Université de Lille 3 in France in the department UMR 8163 Savoirs, Textes, Langage, which is equivalent to an American Associate Professor effects, derived environment effects, sound change, and lenition processes. or a British Lecturer. Her research interests are in syntax, apposition, and Contact: [email protected] cartography of the clause. Contact: [email protected] Bożena Cetnarowska holds a position of an Assistant Professor at the Yurie Okami is a lecturer at Chuo University in Tokyo, Japan. Her fields of University of Silesia in Sosnowiec, Poland. She focuses her scientific re- interest are comparative syntax and modification. Contact: yurie_t_okami@ search on morphosyntax and word-formation, syntax of noun phrases, and yahoo.co.jp syntax-phonology interface. Contact: cetnarow@ gmail.com Regula Sutter is a PhD student in the Department of Theoretical Lin- Ewelina Frąckowiak is a PhD candidate at the University of Ottawa. guistics at Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem, in Budapest, Hungary. Her She carries out research in syntax, semantics, aspect, modality, and anti- research interests are phonology, phonological theory, (Swiss) German, causativity. Contact: [email protected] and Finno-Ugric languages. Contact: [email protected] Selçuk İşsever is an Associate Professor at Ankara University in Turkey. Helen Trugman is an Associate Professor at the Department of General Stud- His research covers syntax, information structure, and interface phenom- ies in Holon Institute of Technology and a post doctoral Fellow at Bar-Ilan Uni- ena. Contact: [email protected] versity, where she is working under the supervision of Prof. Susan Rothstein. Her Ángel L. Jiménez-Fernández is an Associate Professor at the University of research interests are Slavic NPs, with the emphasis on bare nouns interpretation Seville in Spain. He works in the English Language Department. His research and various modifiers of N. Contact: [email protected] interests encompass, among others, topics in minimalist syntax, information Jacek Witkoś is a Professor and a Deputy President for Research and structure, argument structure (wh-movement, word order and discourse, caus- International Cooperation at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Po- atives and verb types), contrastive grammar, languages and dialects in contrast. land, where he works in the School of English. His research interests cover Contact: [email protected] generative linguistics, minimalist syntax, and comparative linguistics. Con- Artur Kijak is an Assistant Professor in the Institute of English at the tact: [email protected] University of Silesia. His areas of research are phonology, morphophonol- Sylwiusz Żychliński is a PhD student at the School of English in Adam ogy, Government Phonology, strict CV, Element Theory, and a relationship Mickiewicz University in Poland. His research topics include generative linguis- between vowels and consonants. Contact: [email protected] tics, biolinguistics, and minimalist syntax. Contact: [email protected] Nataša Knežević is a PhD student at the University of Nantes in France. Her research interests are in language acquisition, syntax-semantics inter- face, and Slavic linguistics. Contact: [email protected] Slavica Kochovska works at the University of Nova Gorica in Slovenia in the School of Humanities. Currently, she holds a position of an assistant dr., which is an equivalent to a Visiting Assistant Professor. She is inter- ested in syntax, semantics, syntax-semantic interface, Slavic linguistics, and generative approaches to Macedonian. Contact: [email protected] Patrycja Matera is a PhD student at Sorbonne Nouvelle-Paris 3, LACITO & Paris 8, UMR 7023 working on sentences with no nominative argument in Slavic (Polish and Russian). She is particularly interested in non-selected argu- iv v About this volume Current Issues in Generative Linguistics: Syntax, Semantics and Phonology (CIGL in short) is a collection of papers dealing with various aspects of syntax, semantics and phonology. The spectrum of the issues covered in this volume is quite broad: from A/A’-effects in topic fronting through epistemic modals to phonological opacity. Li- kewise, the range of the discussed languages is fairly impressive: from English (inc- luding both Old and Middle English), French, Spanish, Serbian, Macedonian, Polish (including Old Polish or even Proto-Slavic) through various Swiss German dialects to Turkish, Chilean (Spanish) and Japanese. The volume is divided into three parts: syntax, semantics (or syntax-semantics) and phonology. The first, syntactic part comprises the following contributions: Ángel Jimenez and Selçuk İşsever explore the A/A’-effects exhibited in topic fron- ting constructions in Spanish and Turkish. Although typologically quite distinct, these languages show similar properties when topics are preposed, especially as regards the binding interpretation of the fronted constituent. Anaphors may either