Re: [tied] Almost perfect [was: verb agreement in one stage of Engl

12-10-03 13:30, Ray wrote:

> Maybe you are suggesting that the English perfect construction might
> have been derived from more than one source, including a possessive
> construction and experiential, causative have-constructions?

I'm _sure_ it derives from various subtypes of the "<habban> + pp."
construction, including its experiential and causative variants. Actual
OE examples certainly suggest such a thing, as I suppose Larry Trask
would agree. In the textbook he may have presented a simplified sketch
of the situation, focussing exclusively on the stative/possessive
construction for didactic reasons.

Piotr