Abstract
Thompson (2006) argues for a syntactic account of telicity in which DPs and PPs check a [bounded] feature at an AspP projection above vP to create a telic predicate. I provide evidence for an AspP projection between vP and VP and argue that AspP and everything AspP dominates defines a domain of aspectual interpretation, a syntactic space within which elements must be located in order to affect the telicity of a predicate. I provide data showing that elements above AspP cannot affect aspectual interpretation. These data pose a serious problem for Thompson's account.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 128-147 |
| Number of pages | 20 |
| Journal | Linguistic Inquiry |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Dec 2008 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Bare plurals
- External arguments
- Goal PPs
- Inner aspect
- Internal arguments
- Location PPs
- Mass nouns
- Telicity
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Language and Linguistics
- Linguistics and Language