Non-maximal event delimitation in Hungarian

In this paper we aim to provide an analysis of the Hungarian pseudo-object egyet ♭one.ACC' and its adjectivized versions such as (egy) jót ♭(one) good.ACC', jókat ♭good.PL.ACC', (egy) nagyot ♭(one) big.ACC', egy jó nagyot ♭one good big.ACC', nagyokat ♭big.PL.ACC', (egy) hatalmasat ♭(one) huge.ACC' and hatalmasakat ♭huge.PL.ACC', which have been shown to have a delimiting function similarly to verbal particles and result predicates (Pi♯nón 2001; Csirmaz 2008; Farkas 2017b). We show that pseudo-objects also differ from particles and result predicates when delimiting events. Whereas the latter are responsible for a maximal-event interpretation (Kardos 2012, 2016), egyet and other similar elements give rise to non-maximal delimitation. The paper also explores the syntax of egyet-delimiters arguing that these elements are merged in the derived object position, in [Spec, AspP] within vP (MacDonald 2008; Travis 2010).