The event structure of reciprocal verbs and its implications for bidirectionality

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2016-12-19
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Fernández Montraveta, Ana María
Vázquez García, Glòria
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In this article we present a detailed description of the event structure of the reciprocal situations expressed lexically in Spanish. The description is based on the sentences extracted from a Spanish corpus. We put forward a proposal that involves differentiating between t he simple or multiple nature
of the reciprocal event and also between the independent or dependent relation of the subevents that make up a reciprocal situation. We characterize reciprocal verbs according to an aspectual typology and we also contribute a new analysis of the so-called collective verbs in order to distinguish them from reciprocal predicates. Finally, we propose a redefinition of the condition of bidirectionality for reciprocal situations.
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http://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/58926
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https://doi.org/10.4067/S0718-09342016000300002
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Revista Signos, 2016, vol. 49, num. 92, p. 280-303
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