@article{fruehwald_im_2015,
	title = {I'm done my homework—{Case} assignment in a stative passive},
	volume = {15},
	issn = {22116834},
	doi = {10.1075/lv.15.2.01fru},
	abstract = {We present an analysis of an understudied construction found in Philadelphian and Canadian English, and also in certain Vermont varieties. In this construction, the participle of certain verbs can appear along with a form of the verb be and a DP complement, producing strings like I'm done my homework, I'm finished my fries, and (in Vermont) I'm started the project. We show that the participle in the construction is an adjectival passive, not a perfect construction. We further argue that the internal argument DP in the construction is receiving Case from the adjectival head a, similar to what happens in all English dialects with the adjective worth, and that the internal argument is interpreted via a mechanism of complement coercion. The microparametric variation we find across English dialects with respect to the availability of this construction is accounted for by variation in the selectional restrictions on the a head.},
	number = {2},
	journal = {Linguistic Variation},
	author = {Fruehwald, Josef and Myler, Neil},
	month = jul,
	year = {2015},
	keywords = {2016 Seminar, BUILDING, Canadian English, Case assignment, Dialects, Done my homework, English dialect syntax, IDIOLECT, LANGUAGE \& languages, Microvariation, Philadelphia English, Transitive be perfect, VOCAL cues, Vermont English, adjective, stative passive},
	pages = {141--168},
}

We present an analysis of an understudied construction found in Philadelphian and Canadian English, and also in certain Vermont varieties. In this construction, the participle of certain verbs can appear along with a form of the verb be and a DP complement, producing strings like I'm done my homework, I'm finished my fries, and (in Vermont) I'm started the project. We show that the participle in the construction is an adjectival passive, not a perfect construction. We further argue that the internal argument DP in the construction is receiving Case from the adjectival head a, similar to what happens in all English dialects with the adjective worth, and that the internal argument is interpreted via a mechanism of complement coercion. The microparametric variation we find across English dialects with respect to the availability of this construction is accounted for by variation in the selectional restrictions on the a head.

@unpublished{fruehwald_im_2013,
	title = {"{I}'m done my homework." — {Case} assignment in a stative passive},
	author = {Fruehwald, Josef and Myler, Neil},
	month = mar,
	year = {2013},
	note = {Paper presented at the 37th Penn Linguistics Colloquium (PLC), March 23.},
	keywords = {Done my homework, Transitive be perfect},
}

@unpublished{fruehwald_im_2012,
	address = {Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania},
	type = {Unpublished manuscript},
	title = {"{I}'m done my breakfast": {Complex} state resultatives},
	author = {Fruehwald, Josef},
	year = {2012},
	keywords = {Done my homework, Transitive be perfect},
}

@mastersthesis{hinnell_construction_2012,
	address = {Burnaby, BC},
	title = {A construction analysis of [be done {X}] in {Canadian} {English}},
	school = {Simon Fraser University},
	author = {Hinnell, Jennifer A. J.},
	year = {2012},
	keywords = {Done my homework, Transitive be perfect},
}

@article{fruehwald_im_2015,
	title = {I'm done my homework—{Case} assignment in a stative passive},
	volume = {15},
	issn = {22116834},
	doi = {10.1075/lv.15.2.01fru},
	abstract = {We present an analysis of an understudied construction found in Philadelphian and Canadian English, and also in certain Vermont varieties. In this construction, the participle of certain verbs can appear along with a form of the verb be and a DP complement, producing strings like I'm done my homework, I'm finished my fries, and (in Vermont) I'm started the project. We show that the participle in the construction is an adjectival passive, not a perfect construction. We further argue that the internal argument DP in the construction is receiving Case from the adjectival head a, similar to what happens in all English dialects with the adjective worth, and that the internal argument is interpreted via a mechanism of complement coercion. The microparametric variation we find across English dialects with respect to the availability of this construction is accounted for by variation in the selectional restrictions on the a head.},
	number = {2},
	journal = {Linguistic Variation},
	author = {Fruehwald, Josef and Myler, Neil},
	month = jul,
	year = {2015},
	keywords = {2016 Seminar, BUILDING, Canadian English, Case assignment, Dialects, Done my homework, English dialect syntax, IDIOLECT, LANGUAGE \& languages, Microvariation, Philadelphia English, Transitive be perfect, VOCAL cues, Vermont English, adjective, stative passive},
	pages = {141--168},
}

We present an analysis of an understudied construction found in Philadelphian and Canadian English, and also in certain Vermont varieties. In this construction, the participle of certain verbs can appear along with a form of the verb be and a DP complement, producing strings like I'm done my homework, I'm finished my fries, and (in Vermont) I'm started the project. We show that the participle in the construction is an adjectival passive, not a perfect construction. We further argue that the internal argument DP in the construction is receiving Case from the adjectival head a, similar to what happens in all English dialects with the adjective worth, and that the internal argument is interpreted via a mechanism of complement coercion. The microparametric variation we find across English dialects with respect to the availability of this construction is accounted for by variation in the selectional restrictions on the a head.

@unpublished{fruehwald_im_2013,
	title = {"{I}'m done my homework." — {Case} assignment in a stative passive},
	author = {Fruehwald, Josef and Myler, Neil},
	month = mar,
	year = {2013},
	note = {Paper presented at the 37th Penn Linguistics Colloquium (PLC), March 23.},
	keywords = {Done my homework, Transitive be perfect},
}

@incollection{patrick_murphy_im_2018,
	series = {Oslo {Studies} in {Language}},
	title = {I’m {Done} {My} {Homework}: complement coercion and aspectual adjectives in {Canadian} {English}},
	volume = {2},
	isbn = {978-82-91398-12-9},
	url = {https://www.journals.uio.no/index.php/osla},
	number = {10},
	booktitle = {Approaches to {Coercion} and {Polysemy}},
	author = {{Patrick Murphy}},
	year = {2018},
	pages = {29--45},
}

@article{suarez-gomez_coding_2019,
	title = {The coding of perfect meaning in {African}, {Asian} and {Caribbean} {Englishes}},
	volume = {23},
	issn = {1360-6743, 1469-4379},
	url = {https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/english-language-and-linguistics/article/coding-of-perfect-meaning-in-african-asian-and-caribbean-englishes/F4164161A7A13B9007448E1A33C9BFFA},
	doi = {10.1017/S1360674317000508},
	abstract = {The perfect in World Englishes has attracted much attention recently, especially from a semasiological perspective, in which the analytic have + participle is analysed in comparison with the synthetic preterite. This article intends to achieve a more holistic picture of the expression of perfect meaning in World Englishes, which allows us to identify how perfect meaning is expressed in all pragmatic contexts. In this study, all the occurrences of ten high-frequency verbs are examined in order to single out those expressing perfect meaning. The corpus (8.8m words in total) includes ten components of the International Corpus of English: eight Outer Circle varieties from Africa, Asia and the Caribbean, and two reference varieties: British and American English. The relevant examples are tabulated across variables such as presence of adverbials, type of perfect meaning, lexical verb, mode, text type and evolutionary stage. The results show that the envelope of variation is much wider than the one traditionally acknowledged in current grammars of English, and that type of meaning, lexical verb or text type are crucial determiners in the choice of particular forms to express perfect meaning. By contrast, mode or evolutionary stage does not seem to have a bearing on the differences between varieties.},
	language = {en},
	number = {3},
	urldate = {2020-05-25},
	journal = {English Language \& Linguistics},
	author = {Suárez-Gómez, Cristina},
	month = sep,
	year = {2019},
	pages = {509--529},
}

The perfect in World Englishes has attracted much attention recently, especially from a semasiological perspective, in which the analytic have + participle is analysed in comparison with the synthetic preterite. This article intends to achieve a more holistic picture of the expression of perfect meaning in World Englishes, which allows us to identify how perfect meaning is expressed in all pragmatic contexts. In this study, all the occurrences of ten high-frequency verbs are examined in order to single out those expressing perfect meaning. The corpus (8.8m words in total) includes ten components of the International Corpus of English: eight Outer Circle varieties from Africa, Asia and the Caribbean, and two reference varieties: British and American English. The relevant examples are tabulated across variables such as presence of adverbials, type of perfect meaning, lexical verb, mode, text type and evolutionary stage. The results show that the envelope of variation is much wider than the one traditionally acknowledged in current grammars of English, and that type of meaning, lexical verb or text type are crucial determiners in the choice of particular forms to express perfect meaning. By contrast, mode or evolutionary stage does not seem to have a bearing on the differences between varieties.

@article{yerastov_construction_2015,
	title = {A construction grammar analysis of the transitive be perfect in present-day {Canadian} {English}},
	volume = {19},
	issn = {1469-4379},
	doi = {10.1017/S1360674314000331},
	abstract = {This article offers a syntactic analysis of the construction [be done NP], e.g. I am done dinner, I am finished my homework, as found in Canadian English and some US dialects. After situating this construction in the context of a productive transitive be perfect in Scots/English dialects, [be done NP] will be distinguished from a set of its conceptual and structural relatives, and ultimately be shown not to be reducible to a surface realization of another underlying structure. From the perspective of syntactic theory, the article problematizes the parsimony of the mainstream generative approach (most recently in MacFadden \& Alexiadou 2010) in accounting for the facts of [be done NP] on strictly compositional grounds, as well as the mainstream view of lexical items as projecting theta grids and subcategorization frames (as e.g. in Grimshaw 1979; Emonds 2000). Following Fillmore et al. (1988), Goldberg (1995, 2005) and others, what will be suggested instead is a construction grammar approach to [be done NP], under which a construction holistically licenses its argument structure. Along these lines [be done NP] will be characterized as an abstract construction with some fixed material.},
	number = {01},
	journal = {English Language and Linguistics},
	author = {Yerastov, Yuri},
	month = mar,
	year = {2015},
	keywords = {Done my homework, Transitive be perfect},
	pages = {157--178},
}

This article offers a syntactic analysis of the construction [be done NP], e.g. I am done dinner, I am finished my homework, as found in Canadian English and some US dialects. After situating this construction in the context of a productive transitive be perfect in Scots/English dialects, [be done NP] will be distinguished from a set of its conceptual and structural relatives, and ultimately be shown not to be reducible to a surface realization of another underlying structure. From the perspective of syntactic theory, the article problematizes the parsimony of the mainstream generative approach (most recently in MacFadden & Alexiadou 2010) in accounting for the facts of [be done NP] on strictly compositional grounds, as well as the mainstream view of lexical items as projecting theta grids and subcategorization frames (as e.g. in Grimshaw 1979; Emonds 2000). Following Fillmore et al. (1988), Goldberg (1995, 2005) and others, what will be suggested instead is a construction grammar approach to [be done NP], under which a construction holistically licenses its argument structure. Along these lines [be done NP] will be characterized as an abstract construction with some fixed material.

@unpublished{yerastov_reflexes_2013,
	address = {Kutztown, PA: Kutztown University},
	type = {Unpublished manuscript},
	title = {Reflexes of transitive be perfect in {Canada} and the {US}: {A} comparative corpus study},
	author = {Yerastov, Yuri},
	year = {2013},
	keywords = {Done my homework, Transitive be perfect},
}

@article{yerastov_transitive_2012,
	title = {Transitive be perfect: {An} experimental study of {Canadian} {English}},
	volume = {57},
	issn = {1710-1115},
	shorttitle = {Transitive be perfect},
	doi = {10.1353/cjl.2012.0046},
	number = {3},
	urldate = {2016-06-15},
	journal = {Canadian Journal of Linguistics},
	author = {Yerastov, Yuri},
	year = {2012},
	keywords = {Done my homework, Transitive be perfect},
	pages = {427--457},
}

@incollection{yerastov_lexicalization_2011,
	address = {Houston, TX},
	title = {Lexicalization of the transitive be perfect in {Scots}-influenced dialects of {North} {America}},
	booktitle = {{LACUS} {Forum} 36: {Mechanisms} of linguistic behavior},
	publisher = {LACUS},
	author = {Yerastov, Yuri},
	editor = {Sutliffe, Patricia and Sullivan, William J. and Lommel, Arle},
	year = {2011},
	keywords = {Done my homework, Transitive be perfect},
}

@incollection{yerastov_done_2010,
	address = {Aberdeen},
	title = {Done, finished, and started as reflexes of the {Scottish} transitive be perfect in {North} {America}: {Their} synchrony, diachrony, and current marginalisation},
	shorttitle = {Done, finished, and started as reflexes of the {Scottish} transitive be perfect in {North} {America}},
	url = {https://www.abdn.ac.uk/pfrlsu/documents/Yerastov,%20Reflexes%20of%20the%20Scottish%20transitive%20be%20perfect%20in%20North%20America.pdf},
	urldate = {2016-06-15},
	booktitle = {Marginal dialects: {Scotland}, {Ireland}, and beyond},
	publisher = {Forum for Research on the Languages of Scotland and Ulster},
	author = {Yerastov, Yuri},
	editor = {Millar, Robert McColl},
	year = {2010},
	keywords = {Done my homework, Transitive be perfect},
	pages = {19--52},
}

@phdthesis{yerastov_im_2010,
	address = {Calgary, AB},
	type = {{PhD} dissertation},
	title = {I'm done dinner: {When} synchrony meets diachrony},
	school = {University of Calgary},
	author = {Yerastov, Yuri},
	year = {2010},
	keywords = {Done my homework, Transitive be perfect},
}

@article{yerastov_i_2008,
	title = {I am done dinner: {A} case of lexicalization},
	issn = {0027-9633},
	shorttitle = {I am done dinner},
	journal = {Canadian Linguistic Association (CLA)},
	author = {Yerastov, Yuri},
	year = {2008},
	keywords = {Done my homework, Transitive be perfect},
	pages = {1--15},
}