Past participle agreement in Felanitx and Manacor : the case for the preverbal direct object without clitic
This paper examines the vitality of past participle agreement (PPA) in the Catalan spoken in Mallorca, specifically in Felanitx and Manacor. Through grammaticality judgments and induction tests, it analyzes the presence of PPA in interrogative and relative clauses, as well as clauses with a focalize...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Catalan |
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Masaryk University
2025-06-01
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| Series: | Études romanes de Brno |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.phil.muni.cz/erb/article/view/41419 |
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| Summary: | This paper examines the vitality of past participle agreement (PPA) in the Catalan spoken in Mallorca, specifically in Felanitx and Manacor. Through grammaticality judgments and induction tests, it analyzes the presence of PPA in interrogative and relative clauses, as well as clauses with a focalized direct object — i.e. with a preverbal direct object without a pronominal clitic. The data suggest that younger speakers use PPA less frequently than older speakers, indicating that it is in a process of decline. Similarly, the place of residence appears to influence the maintenance of PPA, although it is not a determining factor (nor are gender or sentence type). Although preliminary, the study provides current data on the use of PPA and highlights the need for further research to better understand the evolution of this phenomenon in Mallorcan Catalan. |
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| ISSN: | 2336-4416 |