GAPS IN THE ASPECTUAL PARADIGMS OF EXPERIENCER VERBS IN SERBIAN

Наслеђе 49 (2021), стр. 9-28

АУТОР(И): Predrag S. Kovačević

Е-АДРЕСА: pedjakovacevic90@gmail.cm

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DOI: 10.46793/NasKg2149.009K

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The goal of this paper is to account for the gaps in the aspectual paradigms of experiencer verbs (verbs of emotion) in Serbian, i.e. to explain why certain verbs lack certain aspectual versions (imperfective, perfective or secondary imperfective). The proposed analysis ties the availability of aspectual forms to the thematic roles of participants in the situation denoted by the verb. Relying on Ramchand’s (2008) decompositional view of VP,  it is assumed that there are two possible perfectivization options both of which depend on the presence of particular layers in VP structure and consequently particular thematic roles associated with those layers. The first perfectivization option is dependent upon the presence of the initiator argument (and  InitP) while the second option is conditioned by the presence of the proper (affected) theme (or ResP). The lack of these two participants results in the systematic lack of perfective (the perfective gap). Secondary imperfective gaps are accounted for by the lack of true endpoint (the entailed endpoint of the resulting state, not just the situation denoted by the verb) while imperfective gaps are explained on a case-by-case basis appealing to the lack of lexicalization of certain verbal meanings or the fact that the verbal form is derived from a non-verbal stem.

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experiencer verbs, aspect, gaps, thematic roles, Serbian.

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