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Zero morphology and change-of-state verbs
Zeitschrift für Sprachwissenschaft, 2023 This paper discusses a theory of conversion (zero derivation) in terms of phrasal spellout. In this approach, there are no zero morphemes. Instead, the ‘silent’ meaning components are pronounced cumulatively within overt morphemes.
Caha Pavel +2 more
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On Derived Change of State Verbs in Southern Aymara [PDF]
Languages, 2021 There are two main approaches to change of state verbs. One adopts an approach in terms of a total change (becomeP, for base predicate P), i.e., a change from not being in the extension of the base predicate to being in it.
Gabriel Martínez Vera
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Theoretical implications of the prefixation of Polish change of state verbs
Open Linguistics, 2023 The text is devoted to a rarely described and analysed problem of a gap in the distribution of aspectual prefixes in Polish. Lexical prefixes do not appear as parts of word-internal morphology of synthetic change of state (COS) verbs suffixed with ...
Malicka-Kleparska Anna
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LinguisticsTransitive causative change of state (TCoS) verbs elicit scalar readings, distinguishing them between: upper-bounded verbs (e.g., dry), denoting a culminating change of state, and lower-bounded verbs (e.g., wrinkle), denoting a change from a zero to a ...
Fritz-Huechante Paola +1 more
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Languages, 2022 Languages vary systematically in how semantic information is “packaged” in verbs and verb-related constructions. Mandarin Chinese contrasts typologically with English in its lexicalization of state change. Most Mandarin monomorphemic verbs are moot about
Jidong Chen, Zhiying Qian
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Constituency, Imbrication, and the Interpretation of Change-of-State Verbs in isiNdebele
Studia Orientalia Electronica, 2020 This paper describes the interplay of lexical and grammatical aspect with other grammatical phenomena in the interpretation of the aspectual suffix ‑ile (which we analyse as Perfective) in isiNdebele, a Nguni Bantu language spoken in South Africa ...
Thera Crane, Axel Fanego
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Variables in the acceptability of transitive variants for internally caused verbs of change of state in Romanian [PDF]
Diacronia, 2018 This paper explores the acceptability of transitive variants for a number of seemingly internally caused verbs of change of state in Romanian, i.e. the verbs express change of state events and lack transitives.
Maria Poponeț
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Framenet and its Limitations. The Case of Entity-Specific Change-of-State Verbs
Miscelánea: A Journal of English and American Studies, 2014 This article examines the proposals made by the FrameNet project (Atkins, Fillmore and Johnson 2003; Fillmore, Johnson and Petruck 2003) with regard to Levin’s (1993) entity-specific change-of-state verbs.
Andreea Rosca
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Psych verbs: the behavior of ObjExp verbs in Brazilian Portuguese
LinguisticsPsychological verbs, especially Object Experiencer verbs, are widely discussed in the linguistic literature because of their peculiar syntactic and semantic properties.
Cançado Márcia +3 more
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Inchoativity, change of state, and telicity: evidence from Spanish reflexive psychological verbs [PDF]
Natural Language and Linguistic Theory, 2011 In this paper we argue that by making a careful distinction between the notions of inchoativity and telicity, we can gain new insight/ninto how changes of state can be expressed in natural language. Our argument is based on an analysis of Spanish reflexive psychological/nverbs (SRPVs) such as aburrirse‘ to be/become bored’ and enfadarse/n‘to become ...
Rafael Marin +2 more
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