A case of multiple agree: Accusative, not dative, indirect object se

Jonathan E. MacDonald

doi:10.1075/rllt.7.18mac

A case of multiple agree: Accusative, not dative, indirect object se

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This paper attempts to explain why indirect objects and aspectual se in Spanish are ungrammatical in the periphrastic passive. The claim is that se is accusative and since accusative is not available in passive, these se are ungrammatical in passive. An appeal to parallel patterns by indirect object la of laísta dialects of Spain, which is overtly accusative, lends support to this approach. The technical account of accusative case on indirect object se relies on Multiple Agree with v. The Multiple Agree account generates concrete predictions regarding (non-)intervention effects with ethical, benefactive and alienable possessor datives. These predictions are tested and the results are positive, supplying support to the overall analysis.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Romance Linguistics 2012
Subtitle of host publication	Selected papers from the 42nd Linguistic Symposium on Romance Languages (LSRL), Cedar City, Utah, 20-22 April 2012
Editors	Jason Smith, Tabea Ihsane
Publisher	John Benjamins Publishing Company
Pages	275-288
Number of pages	14
ISBN (Electronic)	9789027268310
ISBN (Print)	9789027203878
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1075/rllt.7.18mac
State	Published - 2015

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Name	Romance Languages and Linguistic Theory
Volume	7
ISSN (Print)	1574-552X

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MacDonald, J. E. (2015). A case of multiple agree: Accusative, not dative, indirect object se. In J. Smith, & T. Ihsane (Eds.), Romance Linguistics 2012: Selected papers from the 42nd Linguistic Symposium on Romance Languages (LSRL), Cedar City, Utah, 20-22 April 2012 (pp. 275-288). (Romance Languages and Linguistic Theory; Vol. 7). John Benjamins Publishing Company. https://doi.org/10.1075/rllt.7.18mac

A case of multiple agree: Accusative, not dative, indirect object se. / MacDonald, Jonathan E.
Romance Linguistics 2012: Selected papers from the 42nd Linguistic Symposium on Romance Languages (LSRL), Cedar City, Utah, 20-22 April 2012. ed. / Jason Smith; Tabea Ihsane. John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2015. p. 275-288 (Romance Languages and Linguistic Theory; Vol. 7).

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MacDonald, JE 2015, A case of multiple agree: Accusative, not dative, indirect object se. in J Smith & T Ihsane (eds), Romance Linguistics 2012: Selected papers from the 42nd Linguistic Symposium on Romance Languages (LSRL), Cedar City, Utah, 20-22 April 2012. Romance Languages and Linguistic Theory, vol. 7, John Benjamins Publishing Company, pp. 275-288. https://doi.org/10.1075/rllt.7.18mac

MacDonald JE. A case of multiple agree: Accusative, not dative, indirect object se. In Smith J, Ihsane T, editors, Romance Linguistics 2012: Selected papers from the 42nd Linguistic Symposium on Romance Languages (LSRL), Cedar City, Utah, 20-22 April 2012. John Benjamins Publishing Company. 2015. p. 275-288. (Romance Languages and Linguistic Theory). doi: 10.1075/rllt.7.18mac

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