In:
Studies in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics, Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Vol. 13, No. 2 ( 2020-10-25), p. 331-360
Abstract:
The goal of this article is to discuss the nature of so-called perfective adjectives in Spanish ( desnudo ‘naked,’ suelto ‘loose’). We do so through a discussion of the problem that participles are blocked by perfective adjectives in some contexts ( Dejó la habitación {limpia / ∗limpiada} ‘He left the room {clean / ∗cleaned}). We will argue that perfective adjectives contain in their internal structure a StateP that can contextually be interpreted as a result state; this head has morphological, syntactic and semantic effects, and makes the structure spelled out by the perfective adjective identical to the one associated with a small participle, with the result that a principle of lexical economy blocks the participial morphology in situations where only the small participle is allowed.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
2199-3386
,
1939-0238
DOI:
10.1515/shll-2020-2033
Language:
English
Publisher:
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Publication Date:
2020
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2509132-3
SSG:
7,34
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