Egileen eta arazleen sintaxia jite adjektiboen argitan [The syntax of agents and causers in light of dispositional adjectives]
Abstract
This paper explores dispositional adjectives formed with the suffixes -garri and -kor. Those adjectives can have either a potential, evaluative or easiness modal interpretation related to the event or state expressed by the embedded verb, and their value can be active, passive or patientive. In this paper we propose that these readings are the consequence of the morphosyntactic structure underneath the adjective. Particularly, we argue they are derived from the projection of Voice, little v and the arguments associated with those heads (Alexiadou, 2018; Oltra-Massuet, 2013). On the basis of this analysis, we will claim that agents and causers are introduced at different syntactic positions.
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