An aspectual restriction on Spanish nominal infinitives

An aspectual restriction on Spanish nominal infinitives

The aim of this paper is to provide an analysis of two types of Spanish infinitival constructions headed by a determiner. Firstly, I attempt to define the categorial status of the infinitive morpheme. My hypothesis is that there are two homophonous infinitival morphemes which project two different s...

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Main Author: Elena de Miguel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: UPV/EHU Press 1995-04-01
Series:Anuario del Seminario de Filología Vasca "Julio de Urquijo"
Online Access:https://ojs.ehu.eus/index.php/ASJU/article/view/8475
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spelling doaj-f165ef5114d34a80bee5f1c650ced8822021-06-04T08:20:44ZengUPV/EHU PressAnuario del Seminario de Filología Vasca "Julio de Urquijo"0582-61522444-29921995-04-0129110.1387/asju.8475An aspectual restriction on Spanish nominal infinitivesElena de MiguelThe aim of this paper is to provide an analysis of two types of Spanish infinitival constructions headed by a determiner. Firstly, I attempt to define the categorial status of the infinitive morpheme. My hypothesis is that there are two homophonous infinitival morphemes which project two different structures: one of them is inflectional in nature and projects clausal configurations; the other one is derivational in nature and projects nominal structures. This latter suffix carries an activity aspect and attaches only to aspectually compatible verbal stems. The proposed hypothesis allows us to explain the different properties and contexts for the two structures analysed, and, more interestingly, to give an account of a number of data that remained unexplained in previous analyses.https://ojs.ehu.eus/index.php/ASJU/article/view/8475
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An aspectual restriction on Spanish nominal infinitives
Anuario del Seminario de Filología Vasca "Julio de Urquijo"
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title An aspectual restriction on Spanish nominal infinitives
title_short An aspectual restriction on Spanish nominal infinitives
title_full An aspectual restriction on Spanish nominal infinitives
title_fullStr An aspectual restriction on Spanish nominal infinitives
title_full_unstemmed An aspectual restriction on Spanish nominal infinitives
title_sort aspectual restriction on spanish nominal infinitives
publisher UPV/EHU Press
series Anuario del Seminario de Filología Vasca "Julio de Urquijo"
issn 0582-6152
2444-2992
publishDate 1995-04-01
description The aim of this paper is to provide an analysis of two types of Spanish infinitival constructions headed by a determiner. Firstly, I attempt to define the categorial status of the infinitive morpheme. My hypothesis is that there are two homophonous infinitival morphemes which project two different structures: one of them is inflectional in nature and projects clausal configurations; the other one is derivational in nature and projects nominal structures. This latter suffix carries an activity aspect and attaches only to aspectually compatible verbal stems. The proposed hypothesis allows us to explain the different properties and contexts for the two structures analysed, and, more interestingly, to give an account of a number of data that remained unexplained in previous analyses.
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