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dc.contributor.authorFábregas, Antonio
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-10T10:19:48Z
dc.date.available2017-03-10T10:19:48Z
dc.date.issued2016-03
dc.description.abstractThe interpretation of an eventuality embedded in a deverbal adjective is typically non-episodic; specifically it is dispositional, habitual or modal. This article examines these readings based on a case study of three productive adjectivalizing suffixes in Spanish. It is proposed that the same structure can underlie these three non-episodic readings. Which is selected in each case is a function of different pieces of linguistic information, including the causal link between subject and eventuality, and the status of external circumstances relevant for the situation. This approach suggests an underspecification view of polysemy, makes it possible to account for the range of non-episodic readings without using designated null aspectual operators, and provides a natural explanation of the asymmetries between these readings with respect to adjective-to-noun conversion and combination with animate nouns.en_US
dc.descriptionAccepted manuscript version. Published version at <a href=http://doi.org/10.3366/word.2016.0085>http://doi.org/10.3366/word.2016.0085</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.citationFábregas A. Deconstructing the non-episodic readings of Spanish deverbal adjectives. Word Structure. 2016;9(1):1-41en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1260937
dc.identifier.doi10.3366/word.2016.0085
dc.identifier.issn1750-1245
dc.identifier.issn1755-2036
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/10540
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherEdinburgh University Pressen_US
dc.relation.journalWord Structure
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.subjectVDP::Humanities: 000::Linguistics: 010::General linguistics and phonetics: 011en_US
dc.subjectadjectivesen_US
dc.subjectderivationen_US
dc.subjectepisodicityen_US
dc.subjectdispositionalityen_US
dc.subjecthabitualityen_US
dc.subjectmodalityen_US
dc.subjectSpanishen_US
dc.titleDeconstructing the non-episodic readings of Spanish deverbal adjectivesen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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