Artículo
Maximal syntactic/semantic divergence in deadjectivals: Evidence from Romance
Fecha de publicación:
03/2023
Editorial:
Cambridge University Press
Revista:
Canadian Journal of Linguistics
ISSN:
0008-4131
e-ISSN:
1710-1115
Idioma:
Inglés
Tipo de recurso:
Artículo publicado
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Resumen
This article explores semantic and syntactic properties of a set of Romance deadjectival verbs sharing comparable derivational morphology. I note: (i) asymmetries between languages where the choice of verbalizer does not become a significant variable; (ii) languages where the use of the verbalizer is associated with distinct syntactic and semantic properties. In Italian, the verbalizer defines a maximal structural contrast in a nontrivial derivation. Italian and Catalan verbs pattern as statives. Yet lack of eventivity and scalarity in Italian defines an empirically relevant distinction between stative types reflected by syntax (unergative behaviour correlated with lack of affected theme/change-of-state denotation). This differentiates Italian from Spanish or Catalan forms in not showing two key properties: (i) unaccusativity/transitivity; (ii) change-along-scale entailment. A continuum from minimally to maximally different aspectual and syntactic configurations obtains. Although the focus is set on deadjectival verbs and the unusual properties of Italian -ggiare, the results are extendable to further data.
Palabras clave:
ROMANCE
,
DEADJECTIVAL VERB
,
DERIVATION
,
TELICITY
,
UNERGATIVE
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Articulos de INSTITUTO DE ESTUDIOS CRITICOS EN HUMANIDADES
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Citación
Mangialavori Rasia, Maria Eugenia; Maximal syntactic/semantic divergence in deadjectivals: Evidence from Romance; Cambridge University Press; Canadian Journal of Linguistics; 68; 1; 3-2023; 135-148
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