Diccionari Ballesta de gramàtica generativa

Autors:

Xavier Villalba

Títol:

Diccionari Ballesta de gramàtica generativa

Editorial: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Servei de Publicacions
Col·lecció: Monografies Catalan Journal of Linguistics #1
Data de publicació: 2004
Pàgines: 207
ISBN13: 8449023513

El Diccionari Ballesta de gramàtic generativa es una versió profundament actualitzada i ampliada del clàssic Diccionari de gramàtica generativo-transformacional de Joan-Manual Ballesta, que pretén donar cabuda a l'ampli cabal terminològic encunyat pels últims models de la gramàtica generativa durant la dècada del noranta, com ara el programa minimista, la teoria de l'optimitat o la morfologia distribuïda. A més de contribuir a la normalització teminològica del camp, aquesta obra constitueix una eina de consulta utilíssima per a lingüistes, estuidants de lingüística, traductors especialitzats i per a qualsevol persona interessada en l'evolució del corrent lingüístic més important de la segona meitat del segle XX: la gramàtica generativa.


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Villalba & Planas-Morales (2020). Complementantes preposicionales en las relativas de infinitivo

villalba revista española linguistica

Autors:

Xavier Villalba & Sílvia Planas-Morales

Títol:

Revista Española de Lingüística 50(2), 83-106

Editorial: Sociedad Española de Lingüística

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En este artículo proponemos analizar los elementos que encabezan las relativas preposicionales de infinitivo (libros por/para leer) como complementantes preposicionales que se generan en el núcleo de SFinitud. Ello nos permite trazar claras diferencias con las construcciones preposicionales finales y causales y ofrecer al mismo tiempo un análisis uniforme para todas las relativas, sean finitas o no. También sugerimos que la lectura modal asociada a las relativas preposicionales se expresa mediante una categoría funcional específica ligada a la modalidad radical, lo que nos permite explicar parte de las restricciones combinatorias de estas relativas. Por último, proponemos extender este análisis a las relativas de infinitivo introducidas por que (libros que leer).

Trotzke & Villalba (2020). Exclamatives as responses at the syntax-pragmatics interface

Autors:

Andreas Trotzke & Xavier Villalba

Títol:

Exclamatives as responses at the syntax-pragmatics interface

Editorial: Journal of Pragmatics, 168 (pp. 139–171)
Data de publicació: Octubre del 2020

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In this paper, we explore exclamatives when used as responses in a discourse. Our proposal is based on the following pragmatic observation: so-called that-exclamatives in both Germanic and Romance languages are preferred as responses to polar questions, while wh-exclamatives are restricted to a response use in non-polar contexts. We establish this data pattern empirically by means of two judgment studies, and we then provide a detailed theoretical account for these challenging new data points. In particular, we show that the differences between the response uses of wh-exclamatives and that-exclamatives can be explained on syntactic grounds, analogous to ‘the syntax of answers’ proposed in recent syntactic work by Holmberg (2013, 2015) at the syntax-pragmatics interface. In sum, we provide a pragmatically more refined view on exclamatives and their use in a discourse, suggesting new empirical distinctions at the syntax-pragmatics interface.

Brunetti, Mayol & Villalba (2020). Bridging Strength, Monotonicity, and Word Order Choices in Catalan

Autors:

Lisa Brunetti, Laia Mayol & Xavier Villalba

Títol:

Bridging Strength, Monotonicity, and Word Order Choices in Catalan

Editorial: Discourse Processes
Data de publicació: Juny de 2020

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Three experimental studies are presented testing the choice of a left or a right dislocation in Catalan, depending on the bridging relation between the dislocate and its antecedent. We make the hypothesis that the stronger the anaphoric link between the dislocate and its antecedent, the more appropriate a right dislocation is, whereas the opposite is true for left dislocation. The results of two acceptability judgment experiments partially support our hypothesis: Ratings with right dislocation decrease proportionally to the strength of the anaphoric link; however, it is ratings of canonical sentences (without dislocation at all), rather than of left dislocation, that display the opposite direction. For left dislocation, the picture is more complex and reflects the pragmatic function of this construction as a topic shifter or marker of contrast. A third experiment tests the monotonicity hypothesis, according to which a left dislocation is chosen when the anaphoric relation with the antecedent is either downward monotonic or nonmonotonic, whereas a right dislocation is preferred with an upward monotonic relation. The results partially support such a hypothesis but also further support the importance of taking the pragmatic function of left dislocation into account to explain its choice in discourse by speakers.

Argenter & Lüdtke (2020). Manual of Catalan Linguistics

Autors:

Gemma Rigau / Xavier Villalba / Jaume Mateu (entre d'altres)

Títol:

Manual of Catalan Linguistics

Editorial: De Gruyter
Data de publicació: Juny de 2020

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This manual is intended to fill a gap in the area of Romance studies. There is no introduction available so far that broadly covers the field of Catalan linguistics, neither in Catalan nor in any other language. The work deals with the language spoken in Catalonia and Andorra, the Balearic Islands, the region of Valencia, Northern Catalonia and the town of l'Alguer in Sardinia. Besides introducing the ideologies of language and nation and the history of Catalan linguistics, the manual is divided into separate parts embracing the description – grammar, lexicon, variation and varieties – and the history of the language since the early medieval period to the present day. It also covers its current social and political situation in the new local and global contexts. The main emphasis is placed on modern Catalan.
The manual is designed as a companion for students of Catalan, while also introducing specialists of other languages into this field, in particular scholars of Romance languages.