Les substantifs déverbaux événementiels

The aim of the paper is to propose a classification of complex event nouns based on event structure. The claim is made that the event structure of verbs can be identified on the basis of the compatibility of verbs with temporal adverbiale. In addition to the traditionally used in — and for — adverbiale one has to take into consideration punctual adverbiale (e.g. à deux heures "at two o'clock"), durative adverbiale which denote the duration of a consequent state (e.g. pour une durée de deux heures "for two hours") and continuative adverbiale (e.g. de deux ans "by two years"). This classification yields at least nine event types. Since the event structure of verbs is inherited by complex event nouns , it is concluded that in French there must be at least nine different types of such nouns.Kiefer Ferene. Les substantifs déverbaux événementiels. In: Langages, 32ᵉ année, n°131, 1998. Les classes d'objets, sous la direction de Denis Le Pesant et Michel Mathieu-Colas. pp. 56-63