Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Preface vii
4. List of contributors xvii
5. The conceptualization of change of state in verbs coming from gentilicios 1
6. Event structure and lexical semantics in a scalar approach to actionality 21
7. Lexical synonymy and argumental structure 60
8. Inner and outer prepositions with Spanish verbs of vertical movement 77
9. Argumental comitative and reciprocity in Spanish 98
10. Causativity and psychological verbs in Spanish 110
11. Lexical agreement processes 131
12. Variable aspectual coercion in Spanish fictive motion expressions 153
13. Agent control over non culminating events 185
14. The pseudo-copulative verbs verse and sentirse 218
15. On events that express properties 238
16. Some reflections on verbs with clitic increase 264
17. Transitivity and verb classes 288
18. Romance object-experiencer verbs 312
19. Aspectual approach to causative-resultative denominal verbs 334
20. Denominal parasynthesis and inchoativity from both lexical-semantic and aspectual points of view 357
21. Diachronic prototypicity and stativity in Spanish physical affection verbs 378
22. Negative imperatives with Spanish copulas ser y estar 412
23. Index 439