Affectdness and change of state semantic concepts in a constructional analysis of BP verbs
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https://doi.org/10.14393/DL21-v10n1a2016-13Keywords:
Construcional grammar, Argument structure constructions, Affectedness verbs, Change of state verbsAbstract
In this paper we analyze affectdness and change of state semantic concepts in order to show that they should not be treated as synonyms, in contrast to some authors proposals. Therefore, we study, based on Construcional Grammar theoretical and methodological framework, one hundred verbs that denote their internal argument affectedness. We analyze their semantic and syntactic properties and also argument structure constructions that they can occur. We show that affectedness verbs, in a broad sense, do not participate of all constructions that change of state verbs instantiate. So, we conclude that every change of state entails affectedness, but the opposite is not necessarily true.
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