Esther Torrego
List of John Benjamins publications for which Esther Torrego plays a role.
Book series
ISSN 1877-6531
Title
Of Grammar, Words, and Verses: In honor of Carlos Piera
Edited by Esther Torrego
[Language Faculty and Beyond, 8] 2012. xi, 272 pp.
Subjects Syntax | Theoretical linguistics
Articles
2012 Introduction Of Grammar, Words, and Verses: In honor of Carlos Piera, Torrego, Esther (ed.), pp. 1–4 | Article
2012 Chapter 11. Variability in the case patterns of causative formation in Romance and its implications Of Grammar, Words, and Verses: In honor of Carlos Piera, Torrego, Esther (ed.), pp. 237–267 | Article
Taking Folli and Harley’s (2007) analysis of Italian fare-causatives as a starting point, and focusing on Spanish, I examine variation in the distribution of the subject of the embedded infinitive in so-called faire-causatives, and I suggest that there is a robust correlation between the size of… read more
2007 The syntax of valuation and the interpretability of features Phrasal and Clausal Architecture: Syntactic derivation and interpretation, Karimi, Simin, Vida Samiian and Wendy K. Wilkins (eds.), pp. 262–294 | Article
We present a proposal about the nature of agreement processes and the syntax of its output, and demonstrate that this proposal not only advances the overall understanding of agreement, but also contributes to a simpler view of various syntactic phenomena. At the heart of our proposal is a… read more
2002 Aspect in the prepositional system of Romance Current Issues in Romance Languages: Selected papers from the 29th Linguistic Symposium on Romance Languages (LSRL), Ann Arbor, 8–11 April 1999, Satterfield, Teresa, Christina Tortora and Diana Cresti (eds.), pp. 337–357 | Article