Modals and perfect morphology

This paper argues for a correlation between the distribution and interpretation of sequences in which perfect morphology is realized on a modal verb, on the one hand, and the semantics of perfect morphology, more precisely the stage reached by present perfects on the aoristic drift, on the other. Co...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Laca, Brenda|||0000-0002-9131-7710
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:200419
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/200419
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.5565/rev/catjl.240
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Perfect morphology
Epistemic readings
Counterfactual readings
Actuality entailment
Aoristic drift
Viewpoint aspect
Relative tenses
Verbs modals
Morfologia de perfet
Lectures epistèmiques
Lectures contrafactives
Implicació d'actualitat
Deriva cap a l'aorist
Aspecte de perspectiva
Temps relatius
Modal verbs
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Sumario:This paper argues for a correlation between the distribution and interpretation of sequences in which perfect morphology is realized on a modal verb, on the one hand, and the semantics of perfect morphology, more precisely the stage reached by present perfects on the aoristic drift, on the other. Contemporary French, which shows a neat preference for higher perfects, is contrasted with European Spanish, which regularly exhibits epistemic readings for modals bearing perfect morphology without a general preference for higher perfects. Confirmation for the initial correlation is derived from an examination of Classical French and Latin American Spanish varieties.