Open AccessVerb form alternations in Mauritian
Author(s) -
Fabiola Henri,
Anne Abeillé
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
proceedings of the international conference on head-driven phrase structure grammar
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1535-1793
DOI - 10.21248/hpsg.2008.22
Subject(s) - verb , focus (optics) , linguistics , non canonical , constraint (computer aided design) , mathematics , computer science , artificial intelligence , natural language processing , philosophy , physics , biology , geometry , optics , microbiology and biotechnology
This paper presents a constraint-based account of verb form alternations (Short and Long Forms)in Mauritian which, basically, is syntactically driven: Short Forms appear with Canonicalcomplements while Long Forms are expected with no realized complements. However, inspecific contexts, Long Forms are unexpectedly authorized in declaratives with canonicalcomplements and expresses Verum Focus.