RT Journal Article
T1 Kimian/Davidsonian, Individual/Stage and non-verbal predication : A Romance perspective
A1 Bedinelli Silvagni, Federico
AB The distinction between Kimian and Davidsonian States is conceived of as a different paradigm as compared to the Individual-Level/Stage-Level dichotomy, and under this theory, copular constructions are considered a uniform class of Kimian predications. These two main generalizations have widely been taken for granted by K/D theorists, both for English and for Romance languages. Based on Romance data (namely, Spanish, Portuguese, French and Italian), this paper provides evidence that, contrary to what has been suggested, copular constructions do split between the Kimian and Davidsonian classes, and that the Kimian/Davidsonian account is essentially equivalent to the Individual-Level/Stage-Level distinction. This contribution has two substantial advantages: first, it shows that the domains of verbal and non-verbal predication are aspectual-symmetric; second, it provides a unified understanding of the multiple aspectual notions under scrutiny.
PB Elsevier
SN 0024-3841
YR 2021
FD 2021-01
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/115962
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/115962
LA eng
NO Silvagni, Federico. «Kimian/Davidsonian, Individual/Stage and non-verbal predication : A Romance perspective». Lingua, vol. 250, enero de 2021, p. 102925. ScienceDirect, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lingua.2020.102925.
NO This research was supported by the Spanish MINECO [proyect FFI2017-87140-C4-1-P].
NO Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España)
DS Docta Complutense
RD 10 abr 2025