'Have' and the link between perfects and existentials in Old Catalan

This papers focuses on an aspect of the auxiliary alternation in the perfect in Old Catalan that sets this language apart from other members of the Romance family. In Old Catalan, most of the first occurrences of unaccusative verbs with haver ('have') instead of ésser ('be') show...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bars, T
Other Authors: Csipak, E
Format: Conference item
Published: University of Konstanz 2019