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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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:aa428bc6e77647df87462f480920948a2021-11-27T10:46:45ZModals and perfect morphology10.5565/rev/catjl.2401695-68852014-9719https://doaj.org/article/aa428bc6e77647df87462f480920948a2018-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://revistes.uab.cat/catJL/article/view/240https://doaj.org/toc/1695-6885https://doaj.org/toc/2014-9719This 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.Brenda LacaUniversitat Autònoma de Barcelonaarticlemodal verbsperfect morphologyepistemic readingscounterfactual readingsactuality entailmentaoristic driftPhilology. LinguisticsP1-1091CAENCatalan Journal of Linguistics, Vol 17 (2018)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language CA
EN
topic modal verbs
perfect morphology
epistemic readings
counterfactual readings
actuality entailment
aoristic drift
Philology. Linguistics
P1-1091
spellingShingle modal verbs
perfect morphology
epistemic readings
counterfactual readings
actuality entailment
aoristic drift
Philology. Linguistics
P1-1091
Brenda Laca
Modals and perfect morphology
description 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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author Brenda Laca
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title Modals and perfect morphology
title_short Modals and perfect morphology
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title_fullStr Modals and perfect morphology
title_full_unstemmed Modals and perfect morphology
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publisher Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
publishDate 2018
url https://doaj.org/article/aa428bc6e77647df87462f480920948a
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