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Aspect and Partitive Objects in Finnish

Abstract

In this paper, I have distinguished the two notions of result-orientedness and boundedness. These two aspectual properties are represented differently in the syntactic structure. Resultativity correlates with the projection of Aspect Phrase, whereas boundedness is determined by the presence of a quantitatively determinate object in the specifier of Aspect Phrase. If AspP is fully projected in syntax, a quantitatively determinate object moves to the specifier position of the projection, thus giving rise to a bounded327 WCCFL 19 interpretation. If AspP is only partially projected and/or the object is quantitatively indeterminate, the specifier of the AspP can not be filled and the event is interpreted as unbounded. This analysis can give an account for the close relation of the direct object and the delimited interpretation of the event. In addition, an account is provided for the case-assignment in Finnish based on the combination of several independent factors: quantificational properties of the object, aspectual properties of the verbal entry, and their relation to syntactic structure.

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