Aspect and Argument structure in adjectival passives

This paper investigates the patterns regarding the (un)availability of by-phrases and agent-oriented modification in adjectival passives in Spanish. Departing from the observation that adjectival participles derived from change-of-state verbs ban agent-oriented modification but those derived from s...

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Main Author: Alfredo García-Pardo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 2017-05-01
Series:Borealis: An International Journal of Hispanic Linguistics
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Online Access:https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/borealis/article/view/4095