Query on possessives, perfectives and psychological predicates (fwd)

[Andrew Carnie]

Dear Celtling readers,

I am currently working on the verb "have" in English, Dutch, and several
other languages and its counterparts in languages that do not possess
"have", of which Irish is one of the main languages under investigation.
For my study I would like to have an overview over possessive - and
perfective constructions, and psychological predicates in all the (modern)
Celtic languages. In other words, I would like to have an overview over
possible ways of expressing, for example

Possessives:
English: John has a book
Irish:   Tá leabhar ag Seán

Perfectives:
English: John has read the book
Irish:   Tá an leabhar léite ag Seán
With respect to these constructions I am also interested in the
interaction between perfective and passive constructions/readings.

Psychological predicates:
English: John likes music
Irish:  Is maith le Seán ceol/ Taitníonn ceol le Seán

Also information on similar constructions like the following in the other
Celtic languages are very welcome:
English: John has to read a book
Irish:   Tá leabhar le léamh ag Seán

In fact anything related to "have/tá ... ag/etc" and its uses is most welcome.

I am working within the Minimalist framework and am therefore also
interested in any references in the literature concerning these topics.

Suggestions and contributions can be send to me directly
(wilma.ter.haar at hum.uit.no) or else to Celtling.
Naturally, I will post a summary of my findings to Celtling.

Wilma ter Haar



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                        Wilma ter Haar
                        Department of Linguistics
                        University of Tromsø
                        N-9037 Tromsø, Norway
                        Phone: #47 7764 4251
                        email: wilma.ter.haar at hum.uit.no

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