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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| 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 |
| 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. |
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