On the independence and interdependence of syntactic and morphological properties: English aspectualcome andgo

The English verbscome andgo in the ‘aspectual’ use exhibit a curious restriction: they may not appear in any overtly inflected form. We argue that this inflectional restriction is due to syntactic and thematic considerations which are independent of word formation, supporting the claim that the basic properties of inflectional morphology are to be analyzed by making reference to the syntax proper. Our analysis has implications for several other topics, including the structure of INFL, the mechanisms involved in affix lowering, the ban on unbound affixes, the LF properties of primary vs. secondary ϑ-role assigners, and the role played by pleonasticdo.

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