Предикати за състояние: свойства и лингвистични тестове

State Predicates: Properties and Linguistic Tests. The study presents linguistic tests for diagnosing Zeno Wendler’s verb classes, illustrated by selected Bulgarian verbs. The tests are divided into three groups, according to grammatical aspectuality, durativity and telicity, and agentivity. The res...

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Main Author: Koeva, Svetla
Format: Article
Language:Bulgarian
Published: Maria Curie-Skłodowska University 2021-12-01
Series:Zeszyty Cyrylo-Metodiańskie
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Online Access:https://journals.umcs.pl/zcm/article/view/13152
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description State Predicates: Properties and Linguistic Tests. The study presents linguistic tests for diagnosing Zeno Wendler’s verb classes, illustrated by selected Bulgarian verbs. The tests are divided into three groups, according to grammatical aspectuality, durativity and telicity, and agentivity. The research reveals that tests which rely on semantic compatibility at the lexical level (and not on semantic compatibility between lexical and grammatical level) are applicable for both English and Bulgarian. The research methodology is also based on Emmon Bach’s and David Dowty’s classifications of verb classes in which stage-level and individual-level predicates are distinguished, with a focus on agentivity in Dowty’s approach, as well as on Donald Davidson’s representation of action verbs as predicates with a hidden event argument, which has been refined by Claudia Maienborn to include a formal description of state predicates representing the ontological difference between two kinds of states: state verbs that denote true Davidsonian eventualities (Davidsonian states) and stative verbs that resist a Davidsonian analysis (Kimian states). These theoretical considerations allow to describe states as a heterogeneous class and provide reliable means for distinguishing different types of states.
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spelling doaj.art-0c844008c51f4a8c86be75617f005e292022-12-22T00:34:52ZbulMaria Curie-Skłodowska UniversityZeszyty Cyrylo-Metodiańskie2449-82972021-12-0110137157http://dx.doi.org/10.17951/zcm.2021.10.137-157Предикати за състояние: свойства и лингвистични тестовеKoeva, Svetla0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5947-8736Institute for Bulgarian Language of the Bulgarian Academy of SciencesState Predicates: Properties and Linguistic Tests. The study presents linguistic tests for diagnosing Zeno Wendler’s verb classes, illustrated by selected Bulgarian verbs. The tests are divided into three groups, according to grammatical aspectuality, durativity and telicity, and agentivity. The research reveals that tests which rely on semantic compatibility at the lexical level (and not on semantic compatibility between lexical and grammatical level) are applicable for both English and Bulgarian. The research methodology is also based on Emmon Bach’s and David Dowty’s classifications of verb classes in which stage-level and individual-level predicates are distinguished, with a focus on agentivity in Dowty’s approach, as well as on Donald Davidson’s representation of action verbs as predicates with a hidden event argument, which has been refined by Claudia Maienborn to include a formal description of state predicates representing the ontological difference between two kinds of states: state verbs that denote true Davidsonian eventualities (Davidsonian states) and stative verbs that resist a Davidsonian analysis (Kimian states). These theoretical considerations allow to describe states as a heterogeneous class and provide reliable means for distinguishing different types of states.https://journals.umcs.pl/zcm/article/view/13152state predicateslinguistic diagnostic teststage level and individuallevel predicatesdavidsonian stateskimian states
spellingShingle Koeva, Svetla
Предикати за състояние: свойства и лингвистични тестове
Zeszyty Cyrylo-Metodiańskie
state predicates
linguistic diagnostic test
stage level and individuallevel predicates
davidsonian states
kimian states
title Предикати за състояние: свойства и лингвистични тестове
title_full Предикати за състояние: свойства и лингвистични тестове
title_fullStr Предикати за състояние: свойства и лингвистични тестове
title_full_unstemmed Предикати за състояние: свойства и лингвистични тестове
title_short Предикати за състояние: свойства и лингвистични тестове
title_sort предикати за състояние свойства и лингвистични тестове
topic state predicates
linguistic diagnostic test
stage level and individuallevel predicates
davidsonian states
kimian states
url https://journals.umcs.pl/zcm/article/view/13152
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