{"id":15891,"date":"2023-10-16T06:08:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-16T10:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whamit.mit.edu\/?p=15891"},"modified":"2023-10-16T06:08:00","modified_gmt":"2023-10-16T10:08:00","slug":"syntax-square-10-17-giovanni-roversi-mit-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ling-phil.mit.edu\/whamit\/2023\/10\/16\/syntax-square-10-17-giovanni-roversi-mit-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Syntax Square 10\/17 - Giovanni Roversi (MIT)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Speaker: <\/strong> Giovanni Roversi (MIT)<br class=\"\"><strong>Title: <\/strong>?-extraction, Word Order, and Object Shift (?) in \u00c4iwoo<br class=\"\"><strong>Time: <\/strong>Tuesday, October 17th, 1pm - 2pm<br class=\"\"><strong>Location: <\/strong>32-D461<br class=\"\"><br class=\"\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong>I will present some ongoing work in progress I\u0092ve been doing on the clausal syntax of \u00c4iwoo, an Austronesian language from the Solomon Islands. Largely, \u00c4iwoo shows some reassuringly familiar Austronesian fare: the classic \u0093pivot-only\u0094 restriction on ?-extraction is respected, whereby only the agent can be extracted from Actor Voice clauses, only the theme from Undergoer Voice clauses, etc. Part of this talk will focus on a series of interesting *exceptions* to this restrictions. In particular, we\u0092ll take a look at the complex correlation between different types of objects (DPs, null pronouns, overt pronouns, reflexive anaphors), clausal word order, and extraction possibilities.<br clear='none'\/>\nThis will then lead us to reconsidering a known aspect of Austronesian voice, across many languages. A definite theme is normally banned in Actor Voice, and requires Undergoer Voice instead (&#8220;John built.{?AV, ?UV} this house\u0094); however, this ban is lifted when Actor Voice is forced by external syntactic pressures, for example by ?-extraction of the agent (\u0093I met the man [who built.{?AV, ?UV} this house]\u0094). Although this is a known fact in the Austronesian literature, and it\u0092s easy enough to describe, I suggest it\u0092s been underrated how complex it is to actually account for and implement it, and how a correct analysis of it might have bigger-picture implications for the syntax-semantics interface and the architecture of the grammar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speaker: Giovanni Roversi (MIT)Title: ?-extraction, Word Order, and Object Shift (?) in \u00c4iwooTime: Tuesday, October 17th, 1pm - 2pmLocation: 32-D461Abstract: I will present some ongoing work in progress I\u0092ve been doing on the clausal syntax of \u00c4iwoo, an Austronesian language from the Solomon Islands. Largely, \u00c4iwoo shows some reassuringly familiar Austronesian fare: the classic \u0093pivot-only\u0094 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ling-phil.mit.edu\/whamit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ling-phil.mit.edu\/whamit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ling-phil.mit.edu\/whamit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ling-phil.mit.edu\/whamit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ling-phil.mit.edu\/whamit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ling-phil.mit.edu\/whamit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15891\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ling-phil.mit.edu\/whamit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ling-phil.mit.edu\/whamit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ling-phil.mit.edu\/whamit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}