Phi-features and the Modular Architecture of - UMR 7023 - CNRS
Phi-features and the Modular Architecture of - UMR 7023 - CNRS
Phi-features and the Modular Architecture of - UMR 7023 - CNRS
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*sans se leur en prendre.<br />
sans s' en prendre à euxi.<br />
without SE <strong>the</strong>m.D GEN take to <strong>the</strong>m<br />
She lives in an appartment with two cats without taking it out on <strong>the</strong>m.<br />
b. ¥ Paul s' y est attaqué / heurté / plaint<br />
Paul SE LOC has attacked / run.into / complained<br />
Paul attacked her, ran into her, complained to her.<br />
(inherent reflexive se, (b) Couquaux 1975: 43)<br />
The mediopassive se forms constructions that are superficially identical with<br />
reflexive ones, but wholly different in syntax <strong>and</strong> meaning (fur<strong>the</strong>r discussed below).<br />
The sentence Elles se voient de loin 'They.NOM SE see.3PL from far' has a<br />
reflexive reading, 'They see <strong>the</strong>mselves (each o<strong>the</strong>r) from afar'. It also has a mediopassive<br />
reading, 'One sees <strong>the</strong>m from afar', where elles is <strong>the</strong> <strong>the</strong>matic object<br />
<strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> agent is silent but syntactically active impersonal 'one'. In French, both <strong>the</strong><br />
reflexive <strong>and</strong> mediopassive se + dative clitic are strongly ungrammatical. However,<br />
for <strong>the</strong> mediopassive se <strong>the</strong>re is no PCC repair, (196).<br />
(194) Bien sûr qu'Azenori aime danser, mais<br />
Of course Azenori likes to dance, but<br />
ça ne se dit pas , c'est tout.<br />
*ça ne se luii dit pas , c'est tout.<br />
ça ne se dit pas à ses parents / ELLEi/k / *ellei, c'est tout.<br />
that NEG SE her.D says not to her parents / HER / her that's all<br />
but one does not say that (to her parents / HERi/k / *heri), that's all.<br />
(Rezac 2010a)<br />
The reflexive-mediopassive contrast is striking, since <strong>the</strong> clitic clusters are<br />
superficially identical. It has been established for both <strong>the</strong> strong pronoun <strong>and</strong> yrepair:<br />
see Blanche-Benveniste (1975: 214-9), Blanche-Benveniste et al. (1984:<br />
107), Kayne (1975: 398), Postal (1990: 167). The following examples are drawn<br />
from this literature. They ensure that à-phrases <strong>and</strong> locative clitics are independently<br />
available; it is <strong>the</strong> PCC repair that is not.<br />
(195) Reflexive + dative:<br />
a. se vendre / confier / imposer à lui<br />
SE sell / confide / impose to him<br />
to sell / confide / impose oneself to him<br />
Mediopassive + dative:<br />
b. Ca s' écrit (*à lui).<br />
c. Ca s' écrit à lui mais pas à elle.<br />
d. Ca ne s' écrit qu' à lui.<br />
that NEG SE writes than to him but not to her<br />
One does not write that to {*him} / {√him but not her} / {√him alone}.<br />
Mediopassive + locative:<br />
e. Ca s' ajuste à lui.
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