Mismatching PRs describe event kinds (original) (raw)

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The paper discusses the syntactic behavior of Pseudo-relatives (PRs) across Romance languages, focusing on tense mismatches that describe event kinds. It argues that while T-match PRs deliver direct perception of events, T-mismatch PRs also produce direct perception but in a way that distinguishes between event kinds versus episodic events. The study highlights the implications of mismatching tense in PRs and how they contribute to interpreting events in a generic/habitual context.

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