I'm done my homework-Case assignment in a stative passive

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ID4808748
AuthorsJosef Fruehwald (0000-0001-8480-9461, University of Edinburgh, corresponding author), Neil Myler (0000-0001-7562-3489)
Year2015
Volume15
Issue2
Pages141-168
Publication date2015-12-31
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueLinguistic Variation (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2211-6834 • E-ISSN: 2211-6842
PublisherJohn Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1075/lv.15.2.01fru
OpenAlexW161760220
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited24

We present an analysis of an understudied construction found in Philadelphian and Canadian English, and also in certain Vermont varieties. In this construction, the participle of certain verbs can appear along with a form of the verbbeand a DP complement, producing strings likeI'm done my homework,I'm finished my fries, and (in Vermont)I'm started the project. We show that the participle in the construction is an adjectival passive, not a perfect construction. We further argue that the internal argument DP in the construction is receiving Case from the adjectival heada, similar to what happens in all English dialects with the adjectiveworth, and that the internal argument is interpreted via a mechanism of complement coercion. The microparametric variation we find across English dialects with respect to the availability of this construction is accounted for by variation in the selectional restrictions on theahead

Adjective · Linguistics · Noun · Participle · Physics · Verb · Computer Science · History · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Natural Language Processing Techniques · Philosophy · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation

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