Verb classes and aspect / edited by Elisa Barrajón López, José Luis Cifuentes Honrubia, Susana Rodríguez Rosique, Universidad de Alicante.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Barrajón López, Elisa, editor.

Cifuentes, José Luis, editor.

Rodríguez Rosique, Susana, editor.

Series:

IVITRA research in linguistics and literature ; v. 9.

IVITRA Research in linguistics and literature, 2211-5412 ; 9

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Verb.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Grammar, Comparative and general--Aspect.

Grammar, Comparative and general--Syntax.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (464 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume offers a variety of perspectives on two of the main topics situated at the crossroads between lexical semantics and syntax, namely: (a) aspect and its correspondence with syntactic structure; and (b) the delimitation of syntactic structures from verb classes.

Contents:

Verb Classes and Aspect

Editorial page

Title page

LCC data

Table of contents

Preface

List of contributors

1. The conceptualization of change of state in verbs coming from gentilicios

1. Introduction

2. Formation of verbs coming from gentilicios

3. Argument structure of verbs coming from gentilicios

3.1 Hacer X a Y [To make Y become X]

3.2 Hacerse X [to become X]

3.3 Comportarse como X [To behave like X]

4. Conclusions

References

2. Event structure and lexical semantics in a scalar approach to actionality

2. Theoretical framework

2.1 Scales: definition, types and relation to verbal aspect

2.2 Dynamic Event Structure

2.3 Relating the DES to properties of nominal scales: Qualia gating functions and change functions

3. Overview of the data and previous approaches

3.1 Outline of aspectual derivation in Russian

3.2 The meanings of pro-

3.3 Previous scalar accounts of prefixation in Slavic

4. Analysis of pro- using the Dynamic Event Structure

4.1 DISTANCE: bounded directed motion

4.2 DEFORMATION: penetrate/go through a physical object in a manner denoted by the base verb

4.3 TOTAL AFFECTEDNESS: the theme is totally affected by the process denoted by the base verb

4.4 Spending/consumption: the theme is totally consumed by the process denoted by the base verb

5. Final remarks and generalizations

3. Lexical synonymy and argumental structure

2.1 The verbs and their syntactic and semantic configuration

2.2 Cognitive verbs: characteristics and syntactic-semantic features

3. Methodology

4. Comparative analysis recordar-acordarse

4.1 Recordar

4.2 Acordar(se)

4.3 Comparison of acordarse-recordar

5. Conclusions

References.

4. Inner and outer prepositions with Spanish verbs of vertical movement

2. On verticality

3. On DIRECTION

4. On GOAL

4.1 GOAL and embodied direction

4.2 Three types of GOAL in vertical movement

5. On PATH

6. On SOURCE

7. Conclusions

5. Argumental comitative and reciprocity in Spanish

1. Reciprocity: Reciprocal constructions

1.1 Symmetry and reciprocity

1.2 Agentivity and reciprocal constructions

2. Arguments in reciprocal constructions: The comitative

3. The argumental comitative in Spanish reciprocal constructions

3.1 Analysis of Tables 1 and 2

6. Causativity and psychological verbs in Spanish

2. Aspectual alternations and values

2.1 The aspectual content of predication

3. Denominal causatives

4. Deadjectival causatives

5. Latin causative verbs

6. Conclusions

7. Lexical agreement processes: On the construction of verbal aspect

1. The construction of verbal aspect. General remarks

2. Lexical aspect: The contribution of predicates, arguments, and adjuncts

2.1 Verbal aspectual classes

2.2 The compositional nature of lexical aspect: Arguments and adjuncts

2.3 An additional problem: Different aspectual meanings for the same combination

2.4 Summing-up. The analysis of the data from a new point of view

3. Aspectual specification as a case of sub-lexical agreement

3.1 The hypothesis. Basic assumptions

3.2 The levels of representation in the lexical meta-entry

3.3 Lexical agreement processes

4. A case study: Different meanings of the verb tocar [to touch]

4.1 Different meanings of tocar [to touch]

4.2 Tocar el agua ([touch the water])

4.3 Predictions of the analysis

4.4 Summary

5. Conclusion

8. Variable aspectual coercion in Spanish fictive motion expressions

2. Previous studies

3. A usage-based hypothesis: A myriad of possible blends

4. Oriented-motion verbs and manner-of-motion verbs

5. Configuration and functionality of the stationary entity

6. Spatial coordinates

7. Viewing arrangement

8. Grammatical aspect

8.1 Tense

8.2 Periphrases

9. Adverbial modifiers

9.1 Quantification

9.2 Temporality

9.3 Non-periphrastic gerunds

Conclusion

9. Agent control over non-culminating events

1. The Agent Control Hypothesis (ACH)

2. On how not to culminate

3. Existing approaches of NC construals

4. Typology of NC construals

4.1 Preliminaries

4.2 'Zero change of state' NC construals

4.3 'Partial change of state' NC construals

4.4 Mono-eventive NC construals

5. The weak vs. strong versions of the ACH

6. Assessing the scope of the ACH crosslinguistically

6.1 Germanic/Romance

6.2 Salish

6.3 Mandarin

6.4 Causer subjects with mono-eventive verbs

7. Conclusion

10. The pseudo-copulative verbs verse and sentirse Diachronic and conceptual aspects

1. Approach and hypothesis

2. From a predicative verb to a pseudo-copulative one: A grammaticalization process

3. Analysis of verse

4. Analysis of sentirse

5. Verse as opposed to sentirse: Summary and conclusions

11. On events that express properties

1. Introduction: How events become properties

2. The construction of &lt

ser muy de + infinitive&gt

2.1 The habitual reading of the infinitive sentence

2.2 &lt

muy de + infinitive&gt

is an Individual Level Predicate

2.3 The property of having a certain habit is a gradable property

2.4 HABasp versus MODdisp

3. Stative predicates

3.1 Non-verbal predicates.

3.2 Lexically stative verbs

3.3 Interim conclusion

4. Eventive predicates with dispositional and potential interpretation

12. Some reflections on verbs with clitic increase: Verbs of motion

1. Two structures

2. Intransitive verbs with clitic increase

2.1 Inaccusative verbs of motion with clitic increase become unergative

2.2 The clitic introduces a locative complement of origin (if there is not one already)

2.3 Semantic differences between verbs with and without the clitic

2.4 Summary of the verb properties in (2) and analysis

3. Transitive non stative verbs with clitic increase

4. Common characteristics of both types of constructions: In the lexicon or in the grammar?

13. Transitivity and verb classes

2. Transitivity and process types in SFG (Halliday)

3. Transitive and intransitive constructions

4. Corpus analysis: Transitivity of verb classes in ADESSE

5. Transitivity crosslinguistically vs. transitivity in the corpus: ValPaL vs. ADESSE

Appendix

14. Romance object-experiencer verbs: From aktionsart to activity hierarchy

1. Aktionsart

2. Causativity

3. From dative to accusative

4. Activity hierarchy

5. Conclusion and outlook

15. Aspectual approach to causative-resultative denominal verbs

2. Theoretical foundation

3. Causative-resultative denominal verbs: Semantic characterization

3.1 Those involving a total transformation

3.2 Those involving a partial transformation

4. Causative-resultative denominal verbs: Aspectual characterization

4.1 Ocurrir que [to occur that] + verb

4.2 Después de [after] + infinitivo compuesto [perfect infinitive]

4.3 Acabar de [to end up] + infinitivo [infinitive].

4.4 Completamente, del todo o totalmente [Completely, entirely or totally]

4.5 Lentamente, cuidadosamente [slowly, carefully]

4.6 Durante X tiempo [for X time]

4.7 Conclusions after the application of aspectuality tests

16. Denominal parasynthesis and inchoativity

2. Morphological and semantic connection: Denominal parasynthesis and inchoativity

3. Lexico-semantic analysis

3.1 Verbs with physical state bases

3.2 Verbs with emotional state bases

3.3 Verbs with state of consciousness bases

3.4 Verbs with bases expressing a noun reinterpreted as state

4. Aspectual characterization

17. Diachronic prototypicity and stativity in Spanish physical affection verbs

2. Physical affection verbs: Semantic and syntactic characterization

3. Aspectuality and states

3.1 General characterization of states

4. Prototypicity and stativity

4.1 Aspectual characterization and analysis of physical affection uncontrolled transitory states

Textual sources

18. Negative imperatives with Spanish copulas ser and estar

1. Introduction: Drawing the boundaries

2. Moving boundaries: Imperatives with ser and estar

2.1 Behavior predicates

2.2 Controlled states

2.3 Emotional states

3. Imperative: Far away, so close

3.1 Negative imperative: Negation, subjunctive and information structure

4. Negative imperatives with ser and estar

4.1 Behavior predicates

4.2 Controlled states

4.3 Emotional states

Index.

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ISBN:

9789027267856

9027267855