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Spatial reduplication in Sicilian: lexicon or grammar?

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In this paper we propose an analysis of a particular type of total NN reduplicative structures in Sicilian (and regional Italian spoken in Sicily) with a spatial semantic value. In particular, as we show, these constructions have the function of establishing a trajector / landmark spatial relation between two entities. As we will see, in different subtypes, the reduplicated noun can correspond either to the landmark or to the trajector. In the analysis we present these reduplications are considered as a morphological derivational (lexeme-forming) strategy, creating either adverbs or adjectives. In particular, we show that, in spite of the different input and output categories they specify, the homogeneity in the construction of their semantic interpretation justifies considering that all these strategies are indeed subtypes of the same, larger, construction. Moreover, we show that the semantic interpretation of Sicilian total reduplications crucially depend on the semantic features of the reduplicated noun, but also on the semantics of the related entity (typically expressed by a noun, but which can also be expressed by an explicit or implicit PRO) and of the verb marking the syntactic relation between the two. Consequently, we propose to consider that the morphological construction involving the reduplication is in turn encompassed into a larger construction which also includes en element (typically a noun) corresponding to the entity which is in a spatial relationship with the reduplicated noun. More globally, we consider that the data presented and the analysis proposed provide evidence in favor of considering reduplication as a particular subtype of compounding. Like compounding, it is useful to distinguish between cases in which reduplicated structures are the result of a general, cross-linguistic (and possibly universal) human ability to combine words and cases in which they correspond to grammaticalized lexeme-formation strategies submitted to language-specific constraints.

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hal-01556608 , version 1 (05-07-2017)

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Giuseppina Todaro, Fabio Montermini. Spatial reduplication in Sicilian: lexicon or grammar?. MMM10, Sep 2015, Haifa, Israel. ⟨hal-01556608⟩
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