معلومات المساق

This seminar  focuses on (empirical and theoretical) variation in impersonal constructions. On the empirical side this means we will focus on different way languages express impersonal meanings, for example through the use of impersonal passives or impersonal pronouns (such as ‘man’, ‘one’ or ‘you’). Through this empirical exploration we will see where inter and intra-language variation arises. On the theoretical side, we will discuss the morphology-syntax-semantics interplay between argument structure, pronominal structures, and how different impersonal constructions relate  to generic and existential meanings.