Title (All Applicants)
Project Advisor(s) (Students Only)
Jeffrey Renaud
Presentation Type (All Applicants)
Poster Presentation
Disciplines (All Applicants)
Linguistics | Spanish and Portuguese Language and Literature | Spanish Linguistics | Syntax
Description, Abstract, or Artist's Statement
Nominalizations are syntactic structures wherein verbal roots co-occur with verbal and nominal properties, classifying them as verbal (VN) (El andar el niño tan tarde) or nominal (NN) (El andar errabundo del niño). While NNs mark agents genitive (del niño), VNs require nominative agents (el niño). NNs co-occur with adjectives (errabundo), whereas VNs co-occur with adverbs (tan tarde). Alexiadou et al. (2011) posit separate syntactic structures for the two. In this study, we investigate via self-paced reading task the types of case available in each structure, providing evidence of the processing of Spanish nominalizations and testing Alexiadou et al.'s (2011) analysis.
Augustana Digital Commons Citation
Renaud, Dr. Jeff and Leal, Tania. "Spanish Nominalizations and Case Assignment" (2019). Celebration of Learning.
https://digitalcommons.augustana.edu/celebrationoflearning/2019/posters/25
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Spanish Nominalizations and Case Assignment
Nominalizations are syntactic structures wherein verbal roots co-occur with verbal and nominal properties, classifying them as verbal (VN) (El andar el niño tan tarde) or nominal (NN) (El andar errabundo del niño). While NNs mark agents genitive (del niño), VNs require nominative agents (el niño). NNs co-occur with adjectives (errabundo), whereas VNs co-occur with adverbs (tan tarde). Alexiadou et al. (2011) posit separate syntactic structures for the two. In this study, we investigate via self-paced reading task the types of case available in each structure, providing evidence of the processing of Spanish nominalizations and testing Alexiadou et al.'s (2011) analysis.