Papers by Pavel Štichauer
[Review of the book 'Word-formation. Italian and other languages' by M. Silvia Micheli].
Periphrasis and Inflexion in Diachrony
This chapter puts forward an account of auxiliary selection in terms of inflexional classes (foll... more This chapter puts forward an account of auxiliary selection in terms of inflexional classes (following, e.g., Bonami 2015:97; Baerman, Brown, and Corbett 2017:28f.), theoretically couched within Stump’s notions of content paradigm, form paradigm, and segregated inflexional classes (Stump 2016). It is argued that the inflexion-class behaviour of auxiliary selection can best be seen in cases of mixed perfective auxiliation systems attested in a range of Italo-Romance varieties, where an intricate alternation of the two auxiliaries HAVE and BE is found within one and the same paradigm. The chapter focuses on cases where one coherent class of lexemes, namely reflexives, is split between the two auxiliaries giving rise to a mixed paradigm which is an instance of heteroclisis (cf. Stump 2006; Kaye 2015; Bach 2019). It is hypothesized that this kind of reflexive heteroclisis might be one of the origins of mixed perfective auxiliation systems in Italo-Romance.
Lingue e linguaggio, 2009
Selected Proceedings of the 6th Décembrettes, 2009
This chapter deals with the restricted class of clipped deverbal nominals in French (e.g. in-<... more This chapter deals with the restricted class of clipped deverbal nominals in French (e.g. in-<br> troduction → intro) and especially in Italian (e.g. giustificazione → giustifica) and aims to<br> show that subtle semantic restrictions seem to constrain such clipping, although there are<br> some differences between the two languages. First, I introduce the well-known distinction<br> between event (E) and result/referential (R) nouns that has been further elaborated by Mel-<br> loni (2006, 2007, 2011). I then proceed to discuss a class of formations where clipping seems<br> to be sensitive to a special result/object meaning which is very close to what Pustejovsky<br> (1991: 174; see Melloni 2011: 109, 111, 142) calls information object. On the basis of a limited<br> class of examples (both attested and hypothetical, e.g. quantificazione → quantifica), I ar-<br> gue that where there is such an information object reading available to...
Linguistica Pragensia, 2020
Časopis pro moderní filologii, 2019
The aim of this paper is twofold: firstly it provides a detailed overview of the canonical approa... more The aim of this paper is twofold: firstly it provides a detailed overview of the canonical approach to inflection (following Corbett 2007; 2009; 2015); secondly it attempts to analyze, within this approach, a typologically interesting phenomenon of mixed perfective auxiliation systems attested in a wide array of Italo-Romance dialects. First, the paper introduces the key notions of Canonical Typology (cf. Bond 2019) applied to inflectional morphology, along with a proposed working Czech terminology of basic terms such as requirements of form etc. Second, the paper proceeds to show that mixed systems, where two auxiliary verbs (corresponding to the derivatives of the Latin verbs habere/ esse) alternate within one and the same paradigm, representing a further way in which periphrastic exponence "splits" the inflectional realization of a lexeme. These systems thus constitute yet another interesting non-canonical inflectional phenomenon worth exploring from the perspective of Canonical Typology.
Morphology, 2017
This paper addresses the phenomenon of mixed paradigms, i.e. mixed perfective auxiliation systems... more This paper addresses the phenomenon of mixed paradigms, i.e. mixed perfective auxiliation systems, attested in a wide range of Italo-Romance varieties (cf. Loporcaro 2001, 2007a, 2014; Manzini and Savoia 2005, among others). In these varieties, two auxiliary verbs, ESSE and HABERE, alternate within one and the same (sub)paradigm, displaying various patterns which can range from morphosyntactically motivated to apparently unmotivated distributions (here termed 'morphomic'). I propose that, in these varieties, auxiliary selection is no longer a syntactically driven phenomenon, but becomes morphologized. I draw on the notion of 'lexical split' (cf. Corbett 2013, 2015, 2016) and describe the attested splits induced by intraparadigmatic auxiliary alternation. Following Bonami (2015), I put forward a typology of such splits. It is shown that, apart from motivated distributions, some morphomic patterns can also be found. The typology becomes more complex insofar as patterns with free variation between both auxiliaries are taken into account, as well as patently morphomic patterns which also seem to display external syntactic relevance (cf. Corbett 2013: 174-176). The phenomena reviewed and discussed in this paper are of major interest because they demonstrate the existence of competing exponence strategies within periphrasis, thus enriching the notion of 'possible lexeme' (cf. Corbett 2015: 146).
AUC PHILOLOGICA, 2016
This paper addresses the problem of mixed paradigms, i.e. cases of intraparadigmatic auxiliary al... more This paper addresses the problem of mixed paradigms, i.e. cases of intraparadigmatic auxiliary alternation (esse/habere), as attested in some Italo-Romance varieties. It aims to show that, in some specific cases, auxiliary selection ceases to be motivated on syntactic grounds, where the traditional active/inactive verb classes are opposed, and begins to operate on a purely morphological basis. The paper represents one of the first attempts to deal with the issue of mixed paradigms in morphological terms. The aim is to show that auxiliary alternation within one and the same paradigm may follow both motivated and coherent patterns of distribution (e.g., singular versus plural) and unmotivated patterns of distribution, traditionally termed ' morphomic '. This article thus intends to put forward yet another case of morphologization of previously motivated distributional patterns.
Morphology, 2015
Verb-noun compounds are typically considered to be one of the most important innovations in the d... more Verb-noun compounds are typically considered to be one of the most important innovations in the domain of Romance word-formation (cf. Bauer 2011, among many others). This morphological innovation can also be seen as part of a general tendency in Romance languages to prefer head-initial structures across different levels of the language system (cf., e.g., Ledgeway 2012: 225). However, the question of the productivity of VN compounds arises immediately as there is evidence that the pattern has become extremely productive only recently. This paper investigates the question of the productivity of the VN compounds starting out with a distinction between availability of a word-formation pattern and its profitability (cf., e.g., Bauer 2001). This article shows that the structural presence-availabilityof VN compounding seems to be diachronically constant, but that the quantitative exploitation of the pattern-its profitability-turns out to be a recent phenomenon. Following recent research on compounding in Spanish (Moyna 2011) and French (Rosenberg 2007, 2008, 2011), this paper takes one concrete example of the Italian VN compounds and proceeds to show its diachronic evolution from the 16th to the 19th century on the basis of data drawn from diachronic corpora as well as from major historical dictionaries. It demonstrates that the "dramatic increase" alluded to by Bauer (2011: 543) is not to be taken as a sign of a new structural innovation, but rather as a fortuitous exploitation of a well-settled word-formation pattern.
Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 2014
The paper investigates the semantics of non-suffixed adjectival adjective-noun (AN) compounds in ... more The paper investigates the semantics of non-suffixed adjectival adjective-noun (AN) compounds in Slavic languages (especially in Slovak and Czech) within a lexeme-based approach in morphology (Aronoff 1976, 1994; Fradin 2003). Two types of AN compounds exist in Slavic languages: a suffixed one, where the suffix has scope over the whole complex base (such as vysok-o-skol-ský ), and a “suffixless” one, where the lexical category is marked by means of an inflectional ending (such as modr-o-ok-ý corresponding to the well-known type of compounds like blue-eyed ). The article shows, on the basis of the data drawn from large corpora, that there is a basic semantic difference between the two types and it attempts at formulating the principal constraint involved in the formation of the suffixless compounds. The paper puts forward a Principle of Integrated Meronymy as the basic semantic criterion that regulates the possibility of formation of this type of adjectival compounds.
Linguistica Pragensia, 2016
This paper investigates the Czech translation counterparts of the Spanish / Italian causative con... more This paper investigates the Czech translation counterparts of the Spanish / Italian causative construction with the causative verb hacer / fare + verb. On the basis of two parallel corpora, a typology of Czech equivalents is proposed. In contrast to the general divide between analytic/synthetic translation constructions, the research uncovers a number of various recurrent patterns. The paper shows the quantitative distribution of the defined types of patterns. It demonstrates that between the two opposite poles of expressiving causativity, i.e. through morphological causativization and syntactic causative construction, there are languages, such as Czech, that display a wider range of structural possibilities. Although some types clearly dominate, the overall range of patterns is much larger.
Eve V. Clark: First Language Acquisition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003. 515 pp.
Petr Cermak, Jaroslav Stichauer, Pavel Stichauer et Bohumil Zavadil: EN SOUVENIR DE JAROMIR TLASKAL
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Papers by Pavel Štichauer
This monograph, The Romance Languages and Czech in the Light of Parallel Corpora, verifies the usability of parallel corpora, specifically the InterCorp parallel corpus (http://ucnk.ff.cuni.cz/intercorp), for its comparative analysis of the Romance languages (Spanish, French, Italian and Portuguese) and Czech. It deals with four selected themes which represent structurally different phenomena in the Romance languages, and examines their Czech counterparts from a systematic perspective based on materials taken from the InterCorp corpus. It analyzes phenomena such as causative constructions of hacer / faire / fare / fazer plus an infinitive, complex words with the prefixes re- / re- / ri- / re- and suffixes -ble / -ble / -bile / -vel, ingressive verbal periphrases and gerunds. Given its overall comprehensiveness and complexity, the resulting set of correspondences and differences between the languages under analysis represents a significant shift in the field of comparison of the Romance languages and Czech, backed up by real data in the form of tables and graphs, and allows us to adjust some of our previously held more or less intuitive conclusions. The monograph also represents a contribution to the methodologies used in the field: it demonstrates the potential and limitations of the methodology of parallel corpora.