Abstract
Events are prototypically expressed by verbs, but predicate nouns are also able to denote states of affairs. In this paper, we intend to analyse the verbal features of these nouns with a twofold purpose: on the one hand, we attempt to align the treatment of their complementation structures with Functional Grammar, addressing the different semantic participants involved in the event – arguments, adjuncts and disjuncts – and their syntactic codification. On the other hand, we describe and illustrate other verbal features that have not been considered as such so far, such as Aspect, Tense, Mood, and Voice. Additionally, in this work we highlight the special role played by collocations as a linguistic resource that allows the encoding of these verbal features.
Acknowledgments
This study has been carried out as part of the research project “Interaction of lexicon and syntax in ancient Greek and Latin” (FFI2017-83310-C3), financed by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness. We would like to thank Dr Esperanza Torrego and the reviewers for their useful comments and corrections.
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