One Operator or Two? Generic and Habitual "Characterizing" Sentences in ASL
Description
Generic NPs are marked with "brow raise". Habituals are marked with lexical TEND and/or aspectual reduplication for verbs. GEN is a dyadic operator with brow raise on its restriction. In contrast, HABITUAL is a monadic operator locally scoping on the verb. Treatment of these together under the heading "characterizing sentences" obscures necessary distinctions.
One Operator or Two? Generic and Habitual "Characterizing" Sentences in ASL
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Generic NPs are marked with "brow raise". Habituals are marked with lexical TEND and/or aspectual reduplication for verbs. GEN is a dyadic operator with brow raise on its restriction. In contrast, HABITUAL is a monadic operator locally scoping on the verb. Treatment of these together under the heading "characterizing sentences" obscures necessary distinctions.