Toward an understanding of apparent suppletion in Romance pronominal possessives

Richard S. Kayne

doi:10.1515/probus-2018-0001

Toward an understanding of apparent suppletion in Romance pronominal possessives

Richard S. Kayne

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Abstract

The Italian pair ∗il luo libro vs. il suo libro ('the his/her book') that is typical of Romance lends itself to an account of the first in terms of constraints also seen in the syntax of compounding, and to an account of the second that links its s-, despite initial appearances, to what we think of as Romance reflexive s-. We might informally call this pair an instance of suppletion, as long as we recognize that calling it suppletion falls short of an account.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	251-276
Number of pages	26
Journal	Probus
Volume	30
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1515/probus-2018-0001
State	Published - Aug 28 2018

Keywords

agreement
person
possessive
pronoun
reflexive
suppletion

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Linguistics and Language

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