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Linglib.Phenomena.Causation.Studies.MunozPerez2026

Muñoz @cite{munoz-perez-2026} — Empirical Data #

@cite{munoz-perez-2026}

Grammaticality judgments from Muñoz @cite{munoz-perez-2026} "Stylistic applicatives: A lens into the nature of anticausative SE" (Glossa 11(1)).

Key Data Points #

  1. Three-way synonymy (exx. 7–18): For marked anticausatives with 1SG/2SG dative, three clitic patterns are interchangeable:

    • SE + CL_dat: se me rompió "it broke on me"
    • CL_dat + LE: me le rompió
    • SE + CL_dat + LE: se me le rompió
  2. Person restriction (exx. 15–19): Stylistic LE is available only with 1SG (me) and 2SG (te), not 3SG (le), 1PL (nos), 2/3PL (les).

  3. Marking restriction (exx. 39–40): Stylistic LE requires SE-marked (or optionally SE-marked) anticausatives. Unmarked anticausatives (mejorar) block it.

Acceptability status for Chilean Spanish judgments.

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      A clitic pattern in an anticausative construction.

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          Person of the dative clitic.

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              A single grammaticality judgment from the paper.

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                    romper "break" with 1SG dative: all three patterns OK.

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                          hundir "sink" with 1SG dative.

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                              caer "fall" with 1SG dative.

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                                  morir "die" with 1SG dative.

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                                      1SG: stylistic LE is OK.

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                                        2SG: stylistic LE is OK.

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                                          3SG: stylistic LE is BLOCKED.

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                                            1PL: stylistic LE is BLOCKED.

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                                              3PL: stylistic LE is BLOCKED.

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                                                Person restriction data collected.

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                                                  quebrar (marked SE) licenses stylistic LE.

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                                                    mejorar (unmarked) does NOT license stylistic LE.

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                                                      hervir (optional SE) DOES license stylistic LE.

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                                                        The stylistic applicative Fission rule for Chilean Spanish. Instantiates the generic Fission framework with Spanish-specific data:

                                                        • Context: inchoative (vGO ∧ vBE)
                                                        • Person: [+PART, +SING] (1SG or 2SG)
                                                        • Realization: Cl₁ = me/te (from [±AUTHOR]), Cl₂ = le (invariable)
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                                                          Muñoz @cite{munoz-perez-2026}: Non-thematic Voice must be overtly marked by a reflexive-like element at PF.

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                                                            Check whether the Spanish Fission output satisfies the anticausative PF marking condition, making overt SE optional.

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                                                              When Fission applies, the output clitic satisfies the PF marking condition (syncretic with reflexive), making SE optional.

                                                              The three clitic patterns (SE+CL, CL+LE, SE+CL+LE) are semantically identical because non-thematic Voice contributes no semantics. SE is purely a PF marker — its presence or absence is phonological, not semantic.