On the interpretation of proper temporal adverbs in Italian
The role of P and D
Abstract
In this paper, we will provide a N-to-D analysis able to account for the punctual vs. habitual reading of proper temporal names in Italian, focusing on names of days, which clearly signal a difference in their possible aspectual encoding at the morphosyntactic level. When these items appear as adverbials modifying an event:
i) such event is interpreted as a habitual one if the temporal name is preceded by a definite determiner or an adpositional item;
ii) it is interpreted as a punctual one if the temporal name is ‘bare’.
Keywords
adposition, determiner, time adverb, proper name, aspectReferences
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