Microvariation in Catalan and Occitan complementizers: the so-called expletive se

Gemma Rigau; Jordi Suïls

doi:10.5565/rev/catjl.98

Microvariation in Catalan and Occitan complementizers: the so-called expletive se

Authors

Gemma Rigau Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Jordi Suïls Universitat de Lleida

Abstract

The present paper offers further independent evidence for the functional projection INT(errogative) in the left periphery of the sentence (Rizzi 2001) that is needed for an adequate analysis of interrogative clauses in Catalan and Occitan Pyrenees dialects. Since they show a particle se preceding a wh phrase as an instance of the so called “doubly filled complementizer”, according to the central hypothesis of this paper, the INT head is required in order to properly accommodate this element.

Keywords

complementizer, interrogative clauses, left periphery, Catalan, Occitan

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5565/rev/catjl.98

Published

2010-12-01

How to Cite

Rigau, G., & Suïls, J. (2010). Microvariation in Catalan and Occitan complementizers: the so-called expletive se. Catalan Journal of Linguistics, 9(1), 151–165. https://doi.org/10.5565/rev/catjl.98