Topic: Syn-Sem Interface
EXTENDED LARSONIAN SHELLS
I am happy that someone is working with the extended Larsonian Shell hypothesis that I proposed in my MA thesis. Of course, Butler has probably not read or heard about my thesis, for it is not written in English, but I like to know that somehow he uses it anyway!
THE PHASE STRUCTURE OF TENSE
By Jonny Butler
I argue that phases should be defined as domains of quantificational closure. I propose that a phase consists of a core predicative category (V, T), topped by l-syntactic little heads (v, t) that introduce situation variables; this whole structure then topped off by a CP level which closes off the variables introduced by the little heads. This derives a theory of temporal construal akin to that of Stowell (1996). The system is extended to cover aspectual notions like perfect/progressive, where evidence from their interaction with modality suggests that perfect and progressive aspect should be considered to head their own phases.
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Posted by Tony Marmo
at 19:31 GMT
Updated: Tuesday, 4 January 2005 19:34 GMT
