Habituals with indefinite singular objects: aspect and modality
The object of this study is bare habituals with indefinite singular objects. The term bare habituals denotes those habituals that do not contain adverbials of quantification. On the basis of these sentences, it will be argued that the class of habituals consists of two different groups: quantificati...
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| الحاوية / القاعدة: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/rlv, |
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| التنسيق: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| اللغة: | Anglais |
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Recherches linguistiques de Vincennes
2012
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| الوصول للمادة أونلاين: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| الملخص: | The object of this study is bare habituals with indefinite singular objects. The term bare habituals denotes those habituals that do not contain adverbials of quantification. On the basis of these sentences, it will be argued that the class of habituals consists of two different groups: quantificational habituals and non-quantificational habituals. The paper accounts for the differences between these two types at the extensional level in terms of their interaction with viewpoint aspect, and at the intensional level in terms of their respective modal component responsible for the generalization. |
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