Speaker: Norma Schifano (University of Cambridge)
Title: The paradigmatic instantiation of TAM: a novel approach to Romance Verb-Movement
Venue: Lipsius/235C
Time: 13:15 – 15:00
Abstract
The aim of this talk is to explore the placement of the finite lexical verb across Romance and to show that, once a rich clausal structure is adopted, as mapped by the cartography, at least for different typologies of V-movement can be identified. The novel approach which will be then presented will show that the attested patterns are not accidental choices of these languages, but rather stem from a compensatory mechanism between syntax and morphology in the licensing of the TAM interpretation of the verb and can be successfully predicted by looking at the properties of the verb paradigms devoted to the expression of Mood, Tense and Aspect.