Abstract (EN):
In this paper we analyse antecedent and free consecutives. In consecutives with overt antecedents, we adopt the split
degree hypothesis of Corver (1993, 1997a, b 2013), which has the advantage of separating determiner-like degree
word and quantifier-like words. We also adopt Kennedy¿s (1997, 1999) and Corver¿s (2013) hypotheses that
consecutive CPs are adjuncts that act as modifiers of a DegP, which form a unit with the degree/quantifying word at
the level of LF. This analysis is extended to free consecutive clauses. We claim that in free consecutives the gradable
expression is an elided constituent included in the sentence that contains the consecutive CP, whose content must be
recovered by (an element of) the sentence to which it is paratactically related.
Idioma:
Português
Tipo (Avaliação Docente):
Científica