Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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
  • 1. Introduction
  • 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
  • References
  • 3. Lexical synonymy and argumental structure
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Theoretical framework
  • 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
  • 1. Introduction
  • 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
  • References
  • 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
  • 4. Conclusions
  • References
  • 6. Causativity and psychological verbs in Spanish
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Aspectual alternations and values
  • 2.1 The aspectual content of predication
  • 3. Denominal causatives
  • 4. Deadjectival causatives
  • 5. Latin causative verbs
  • 6. Conclusions
  • References
  • 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
  • References.
  • 8. Variable aspectual coercion in Spanish fictive motion expressions
  • 1. Introduction
  • 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
  • References
  • 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
  • References
  • 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
  • References
  • 11. On events that express properties
  • 1. Introduction: How events become properties
  • 2. The construction of
  • 2.1 The habitual reading of the infinitive sentence
  • 2.2 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
  • 5. Conclusion
  • References
  • 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?
  • 5. Conclusion
  • References
  • 13. Transitivity and verb classes
  • 1. Introduction
  • 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
  • 6. Conclusions
  • References
  • 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
  • References
  • 15. Aspectual approach to causative-resultative denominal verbs
  • 1. Introduction
  • 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
  • 5. Conclusions
  • References
  • 16. Denominal parasynthesis and inchoativity
  • 1. Introduction
  • 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
  • 5. Conclusions
  • References
  • 17. Diachronic prototypicity and stativity in Spanish physical affection verbs
  • 1. Introduction
  • 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
  • 5. Conclusions
  • Textual sources
  • References
  • 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
  • 5. Conclusion
  • References
  • Index.