17 pagesThe focus of the paper is the relationship between the syntax and the semantics of speech verbs. We hypothesize that speech verbs are naturally transitive because they refer to an activity which normally entails an object, viz. the produced speech. Most speech verbs are in effect transitive. However, to account for those verbs which are intransitive (e.g. bégayer, zozoter), we explore a second hypothesis based on a principle of semantic saturation: if the semantics of a verb is highly specific, then the verb is lexically saturated, and hence, syntactically intransitive. Verbs that indicate animal cries occupy a special position in that they are basically intransitive but lend themselves to transitive uses, especially in reported spe...
Three types of verbal performances are proposed here. They exemplify a word preceding, fostering tho...
This paper critically discusses and contrasts some of the different conceptualisations of transitivi...
This thesis examines lexical-syntactic relations in French, focusing on the lexical presentation of ...
International audienceThe focus of the paper is on the relation between the syntax and the semantics...
Transitivity and event-structure (Aktionsart) It is commonly taken for granted that the object of t...
International audienceThe aim of this article is to demonstrate the presence of phenomena of phonolo...
The main purpose of this paper is to make an analysis of the transitive construction in speech verbs...
W. Drossard, Classes verbales, relations fondamentales et « basic sentence » A question central to t...
The foregoing study reports on the discourse factors that affect the choice of the various types of ...
The Port-Royal Grammaire Générale et raisonnée (1660) adopted a logical model of the clause : « suje...
International audienceThe paper analyses the phenomenon of causative transitivation (CT). Some verbs...
The received concept of transitivity includes several semantic properties based on the idea that tra...
Summary The aim of the present experiments is to study the role of sortie lexical characteristics of...
Summary : Lexical access in speech production : A briefreview. This article provides a brief review ...
This study turns to the pathway of change whereby an originally intransitive manner-of-speaking pred...
Three types of verbal performances are proposed here. They exemplify a word preceding, fostering tho...
This paper critically discusses and contrasts some of the different conceptualisations of transitivi...
This thesis examines lexical-syntactic relations in French, focusing on the lexical presentation of ...
International audienceThe focus of the paper is on the relation between the syntax and the semantics...
Transitivity and event-structure (Aktionsart) It is commonly taken for granted that the object of t...
International audienceThe aim of this article is to demonstrate the presence of phenomena of phonolo...
The main purpose of this paper is to make an analysis of the transitive construction in speech verbs...
W. Drossard, Classes verbales, relations fondamentales et « basic sentence » A question central to t...
The foregoing study reports on the discourse factors that affect the choice of the various types of ...
The Port-Royal Grammaire Générale et raisonnée (1660) adopted a logical model of the clause : « suje...
International audienceThe paper analyses the phenomenon of causative transitivation (CT). Some verbs...
The received concept of transitivity includes several semantic properties based on the idea that tra...
Summary The aim of the present experiments is to study the role of sortie lexical characteristics of...
Summary : Lexical access in speech production : A briefreview. This article provides a brief review ...
This study turns to the pathway of change whereby an originally intransitive manner-of-speaking pred...
Three types of verbal performances are proposed here. They exemplify a word preceding, fostering tho...
This paper critically discusses and contrasts some of the different conceptualisations of transitivi...
This thesis examines lexical-syntactic relations in French, focusing on the lexical presentation of ...