Abstract
AbstractThis article investigates exemplars of the transitivebeperfect in Canadian English, such asI am done dinnerandI am finished my homework. I report on an experimental study of acceptability judgments of this construction, given by speakers of Canadian English primarily recruited from the Calgary area. I claim that the construction [be doneNP] is characterized by preference for the animacy of the subject, preference for definiteness of the direct object, open-endedness of the direct object slot, and limited variability of the participle. I conclude that [be doneNP] is a partially schematic construction that is close to a “prefab”.
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