On continuative on

• Ida Toivonen ^[1]
  1. [1] Carleton University

     Carleton University

     Canadá

     
• Localización: Studia linguistica: A journal of general linguistics, ISSN 0039-3193, Vol. 60, Nº 2, 2006, págs. 181-219
• Idioma: inglés
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  • This paper examines the verbal particle on in its use as a marker of continuation. Continuative on is only compatible with verbs of the situation type activity, and on also places restrictions on the overt realizations of verbal arguments. These characteristics follow from an analysis of on as a secondary predicate whose aspect features must unify with the aspect features of the verb.