The Cyclic Generation of Interpretational Semantic Roles

• Seth A. Minkoff ^[1]
  1. [1] University of Massachusetts System

     University of Massachusetts System

     City of Boston, Estados Unidos

     
• Localización: Studia linguistica: A journal of general linguistics, ISSN 0039-3193, Vol. 58, Nº 2, 2004, págs. 135-174
• Idioma: inglés
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  • This work develops Minkoff (1994)'s proposal that so-called ‘logophoric’ semantic roles license certain semantic dependencies, and are constrained in their occurrence by an optional semantic interpretation of syntax subject to an abstract structural condition, the ‘Logophoric Role Constraint’ (LRC). I argue that the logophoric roles belong to a broader inventory of interpretational semantic roles; that these roles form two classes, which license distinct sets of semantic dependencies and interact in distinct ways with the lexical semantics of verbs; and that these roles’ distribution is restricted in ways that argue for replacing the LRC with the more natural conclusion that semantic interpretation applies cyclically and generates just one semantic role per cyclic domain.