For a lexical functional representation of agreement affixes and clitics Lunella Mereu (Universit degli Studi di Roma Tre) e-mail: mereu@uniroma3.it LFG97 University of alifornia - San Diego June 19-21, 1997 (1) leva-lo-ei (European Portuguese; verbal form: levarei, Spencer,1991) lift-l-fut1sg I will lift him (2) nj chi zi-n -w -lum-a alenje (hichewa ; Bresnan & Mchombo, 1987) bees SM-PAST-OM-bite -INDI hunters The bees bit them, the hunters (3)a. [+AGR], L/AFF b. [- AGR], L/AFF (4)a. + L i /AFF i, t i (incorporation analysis) b. + L i /AFF i, pro i (agreement analysis) (5)a. NP I I P L/AFF
(5)b. NP I pro I P i. L/AFF=AGR-S ii.l/aff + AGR-S (5)c. NP i (TOP) NP I pro i I P i. L/AFF=AGR-S ii.l/aff +AGR-S (6)a. AGR forms; b. pronominal forms; c. ambiguous forms (7)i. cooccurrence with lexical NPs; ii. extension of use of the forms; iii. use of the forms as RPs in long-distance relative clauses (9)a. Mario parte (Italian) M. leave-pres3sg Mario is leaving b Parte (He) is leaving (10)a.* Il libro che l ho comprato The book that L.. *The book that I bought it b. Il libro che ho comprato The book that I bought
(11)a.??L uomo che Maria ha detto che l ha incontrato the man that M. have-pre3sg say-pastpart that L have-pres3sg meet-pastpart??the man that Maria said that she met him b. L uomo che Maria ha detto che ha incontrato The man that Maria said that she met (12)a. Il ragazzo che legge un libro the boy that read-aff a book The boy who is reading a book b. Il ragazzo che Maria ha detto che legge un libro The boy that Maria said that is reading a book (14) Maria i, l i ho vista M. L have-aff see-pastpart Maria, I saw her (15) Maria, Ë venuta ieri M. be-aff come-pastpart yesterday (as for) Maria, (she) came yesterday (16)a. stem + tense + AFF (synthetic form) (Irish) b. stem + tense (analytic form) (17)a. *huirfinn mè isteach ar an phost sin put.ond.1sg I in on that job b. *huirfeadh mè isteach ar an phost sin put.ond I... c. huirfinn isteach ar an phost sin put.ond.1sg... I would apply for that job (18) huirfeadh sibh isteach ar an phost sin put.ond you(pl).. You would apply for that job (19)a. An rud al choinnìonn t ceilte orthu the thing OMP keep.pres you concealed on-them The thing that you keep concealed from them b. An rud an gcoinnìonn t ceilte orthu È OMP keep.pres it The thing that you keep (it) concealed from them
(20)a. Na daoine an raibh mè ag d il gon gcuirfeadh siad isteach ar an phost sin the people was I expect PROG put.ond they in on that job The people that I expected (that they) would apply for that job b. Na daoine an raibh mè ag d il gon gcuirfidìs isteach ar an phost sin... put.ond.3pl... The people that I expected (that they) would apply for that job (21)a. El Gianni el magna (Trentino) the G. L eats Gianni is eating b. El magna c. *magna/*el Gianni magna (22) Nessuno i l i ha detto nulla (=Fiorentino) nobody L have-pres3sg say-pastpart anything *Nobody he said anything (23) *Nessuno i, l i ho visto (Italian) Nobody L have-pres1sg seen *Nobody, I saw him (24) Le putele che gh Ë en giro la voze che le Ë rivade algeri the girls that rumour has it that L is arrived yesterday The girls I heard say they arrived yesterday (25)a. *La Maria, che ha ciap quatro de matematica the M. that has got four of mathematics Maria, who got four in mathematics b. La Maria, che l ha ciap quatro de matematica... L (26)a. *Le putele che le Ë vegnude algeri the girls that L is come-pastpart yesterday The girls who came yesterday b. Le putele che Ë vegn algeri (27) parte: PRED= LEAE<SUBJ> SUBJ PRED= PRO (optional) SUBJ SUBJ TENSE=PRES
(28)a. NP P Mario parte (28)b. SUBJ PRED MARIO GEN=M PRED LEAE<SUBJ> (29)a. P parte (29)b. SUBJ PRED PRO PRED LEAE<SUBJ> (30) huirfinn: (Andrews, 1990) PRED= UIR <SUBJ, PRT, OBJ ar > SUBJ PRED= PRO PERS=1 PRT=ISTEAH TENSE=OND
(31)a. el: L GEND=M b. el:l SUBJ PRED= PRO GEND=M (32) magna: PRED= EAT <SUBJ> SUBJ L=+ GEND=M (33)a. NP I` L El Gianni el magna (33)b. SUBJ PRED GIANNI GEN=M PRED EAT<SUBJ> (34)a. P L el magna
(34)b. SUBJ PRED PRO PRED EAT<SUBJ> (35) TOP PRED `MARIA` SUBJ PRED PRO PRED EAT<SUBJ>