On pseudo-non-finite clauses in Welsh

  • Languages differ in how they employ finite and non-finite clauses. Welsh finite and non-finite clauses have a similar distribution to their counterparts in English. However, it doesn’t look like this because Welsh has certain finite clauses which look rather like non-finite clauses. We examine two types of pseudo-non-finite clauses: finite "bod" clauses and finite "i" clauses. We argue that both cases are instances of a mismatch between syntax and morphology, while the latter only involves periphrasis. We provide an HPSG analysis capturing similarities and differences between these two constructions and canonical finite and nonfinite clauses.

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Author:Olivier BonamiORCiDGND, Robert D. BorsleyORCiDGND, Maggie TallermanORCiDGND
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-733672
DOI:https://doi.org/10.21248/hpsg.2016.6
ISSN:1535-1793
Parent Title (English):Proceedings of the ... International Conference on Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar (HPSG)
Publisher:CSLI Publications
Place of publication:Stanford, CA
Document Type:Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Date of Publication (online):2016/12/16
Year of first Publication:2016
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Contributing Corporation:Joint Conference on Head-driven Phrase Structure Grammar and Lexical Functional (2016 : Warschau)
Release Date:2024/09/12
GND Keyword:Kymrisch; Finite Verbform
Volume:23.2016
Page Number:21
First Page:104
Last Page:124
Dewey Decimal Classification:4 Sprache / 40 Sprache / 400 Sprache
4 Sprache / 41 Linguistik / 410 Linguistik
Sammlungen:Linguistik
Linguistik-Klassifikation:Linguistik-Klassifikation: Syntax
Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - CC BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International