On the interpretation of proper temporal adverbs in Italian
In this paper, we will provide a N-to-D analysis able to account for the punctual vs. habitual reading of proper temporal names in Italian, focusing on names of days, which clearly signal a difference in their possible aspectual encoding at the morphosyntactic level. When these items appear as adver...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2022 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona |
| Repositorio: | Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ddd.uab.cat:255885 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://ddd.uab.cat/record/255885 https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.5565/rev/isogloss.136 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Adposition Determiner Time adverb Proper name Aspect |
| Sumario: | In this paper, we will provide a N-to-D analysis able to account for the punctual vs. habitual reading of proper temporal names in Italian, focusing on names of days, which clearly signal a difference in their possible aspectual encoding at the morphosyntactic level. When these items appear as adverbials modifying an event: i) such event is interpreted as a habitual one if the temporal name is preceded by a definite determiner or an adpositional item; ii) it is interpreted as a punctual one if the temporal name is 'bare'. |
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