The event structure of reciprocal verbs and its implications for bidirectionality

Fernández Montraveta, Ana María; Vázquez García, Glòria

doi:https://doi.org/10.4067/S0718-09342016000300002

View/Open

025091.pdf (488.9Kb)

Issue date

2016-12-19

Author

Fernández Montraveta, Ana María

Vázquez García, Glòria

Abstract

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.

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/58926

DOI

https://doi.org/10.4067/S0718-09342016000300002

Is part of

Revista Signos, 2016, vol. 49, num. 92, p. 280-303

Collections

Articles publicats (Anglès i Lingüística) [117]

Except where otherwise noted, this item's license is described as cc-by-nc, (c) Vázquez et al., 2016