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The configuration of ECM structures
Author(s) -
Castillo Concha
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
studia linguistica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.187
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 1467-9582
pISSN - 0039-3193
DOI - 10.1111/1467-9582.00076
Subject(s) - feature (linguistics) , simultaneity , perception , linguistics , meaning (existential) , variation (astronomy) , projection (relational algebra) , interpretation (philosophy) , computer science , subject (documents) , psychology , cognitive psychology , philosophy , algorithm , physics , classical mechanics , neuroscience , library science , astrophysics , psychotherapist
In this paper we offer an analysis of both verbal and non‐verbal exceptional Case‐marking structures, discussing their temporal interpretation and the presence vs. absence of a T(ense)P(hrase) projection. A major issue is the parametric variation between English and Spanish, which renders Spanish ECM verbal structures impossible with predicates other than verbs of perception. It is argued that DP subjects (of verbal predicates) have a tense feature to check against a feature in TP and that Spanish TPs lack this feature, which therefore prevents the subject from being temporally interpreted. The exceptional case of perception predicates correlates with the meaning of simultaneity associated with them. Also, the possibility is explored that ECM structures where no TP is instantiated are instances of Asp(ectual)P projections.