Aspectual composition in "ser/estar + adjective" structures: adjectival scalarity and verbal aspect in copular constructions
The distribution of the Spanish copulas ser and estar (‘be’) (specifically in the syntactic context <ser/estar + A>) has been generally accounted for in the literature in aspectual terms, more explicitly, in terms of the distinction between individual-level and stage-level predicates. Our clai...
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Septentrio Academic Publishing
2012-08-01
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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/2321 |