On Tense-Feature Inheritance

In this paper, we argue that inheritance of the Tense-feature is motivated by temporal interpretation. The Tense-feature in C must be inherited by T in order to determine the temporal order relation between speech time and reference time. Furthermore, this paper deals with temporal interpretation in non-finite clauses, which are argued to lack the Tense-feature. We argue that the speech time of non-finite clauses is simultaneous with the reference time and it is determined by the relation with the matrix event time or reference time