the Present of ter 'to have'+ Past Participle, differs from other Romance Perfects in that it
does not display the full range of interpretations that are attested for present perfects cross-
linguistically (Campos 1986, Giorgi & Pianesi 1997, Schmitt 2001). In main clauses with the
indicative, the PPC does not have a resultative interpretation1 and must receive an iterative
interpretation, as exemplified in (1): 2