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SUMMARY:On the structure of compound tenses - Sonia Cyrino (Linguistics an
 d Campinas)
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CONTACT:Dr Theresa Biberauer
DESCRIPTION:The aim of this presentation is to argue for a specific genera
 tive syntax analysis for periphrastic (perfect) tenses that will answer bo
 th for some synchronic properties of the construction and for its diachron
 ic development. I will first show how my analysis of the Aux+Participle st
 ructures can account for certain facts\, like\, for example\, the existenc
 e/absence of clitic climbing in Romance\,  participle fronting in Slavic\,
  and V-fronting orders in North Germanic. Then I will discuss the rise of 
 periphrastic perfects in Romance\, which\, I will claim\, did not arise fr
 om the Latin resultative/stative participle construction\, as is commonly 
 assumed\, although these may have played a role in the change. In my analy
 sis\, these constructions arose from the existence of the perfect of Latin
  deponent verbs\, which were always analytic and composed of auxiliary (_b
 e_)+ participle. This proposal can only make sense if we acknowledge that 
 the syntactic process involved in the relevant structures is one and the s
 ame\, as I will show in this presentation.\n\n
LOCATION:G-R04\, English Faculty
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