Eventualities under deadjectival nominalizations

In this paper the behavior of deadjectival nominalizations in Spanish is studied regarding the presence of an eventuality reading. It is shown that whereas abstract nominalizations (la belleza del libro ‘the beauty of the book’) clearly encode an eventuality according to standard tests, neuter nomin...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Xavier Villalba
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 2013-11-01
Series:Borealis: An International Journal of Hispanic Linguistics
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Online Access:https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/borealis/article/view/2617