Prepositional verbs and the individual-/stage-level distinction

Drawing on Catalan, we show how the aspectual classification of intransitive prepositional verbs is, partially, a predictor of their argument structure properties. Prepositional verbs qualifying as Stage-Level form a heterogeneous class, comprising both unergative and unaccusative verbs. By contrast...

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Main Authors: Acedo-Matellan, V, Oltra-Massuet, I
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Open Library of Humanities 2024