Chapter 3
Encoding inception in the domain of psych verbs in Polish
The chapter argues that Polish psych verbs are simple eventualities denoting states in both their imperfective and perfective forms. It is argued that the perfectivising prefixes deriving perfective psych verbs belong to the category of superlexical prefixes in the typology of among others, Romanova (2004) and Svenonius (2004) and function to delimit the temporal dimension of the (stative) event, generating inceptive (or inchoative) state. The perfective forms are argued to be simple events, which do not assert change of state. In this respect, Polish OE psych verbs differ from their English and German counterparts, which have been analysed as achievements in the literature (e.g., van Voorst, 1992; Rothmayr, 2009).
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 2.Prefixation as an event structure diagnostic
- 2.1Lexical and superlexical prefixes
- 2.1.1
Lexical prefixes
- 2.1.2Superlexical prefixes
- 2.2
Syncretism of prefixes
- 2.3Event structure
- 2.4Event structure and prefixation
- 2.5Prefixation and aspectual classes
- 2.6Event structure of psych verbs
- 2.6.1SE verbs and states
- 2.6.2SE verbs as simple events
- 2.6.3The event structure status of OE verbs
- 2.7Interim conclusion
- 3.Lexicalization of inception
- 3.1Inception and the verb root
- 3.2The morphology of inception
- 4.Conclusion
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Acknowledgment
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Notes
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