The semantics of degree verbs and the telicity issue
This paper addresses the formal representation of Degree Verbs (DVs), also known as degree achievements. After assessing the similarities and differences of DVs vis-à-vis the accomplishment predicates within the set of “incremental theme verbs”, a double scale system is proposed to account for the t...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Septentrio Academic Publishing
2015-05-01
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Series: | Borealis: An International Journal of Hispanic Linguistics |
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Online Access: | http://www.ub.uit.no/baser/septentrio/index.php/borealis/article/view/3398 |