Article published In: Lingvisticæ Investigationes
Vol. 32:1 (2009) ► pp.124–148
Les noms d’activité parmi les noms abstraits
Propriétés aspectuelles, distributionnelles et interprétatives
Article language: French
Published online: 25 June 2009
https://doi.org/10.1075/li.32.1.08hey
https://doi.org/10.1075/li.32.1.08hey
This paper deals with nouns morphologically and/or semantically paired with verbs denoting activities. We show that (contra N. Flaux & D. Van de Velde 2000) such nouns are not to be divided in three subclasses. Based on their distribution and interpretation (particularly the well-established count/mass distinction), we suggest that they denote either activities or occurrences. We provide a comparison with simple (i.e. non deverbal) nouns exhibiting the same behaviour when occurring in light verb constructions.
Keywords: aspect, activities, mass/count, noun, light verb, genericity
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