Statives and nominalization

Abstract

In this paper, I examine the morpho-syntax of stative verbs and their corresponding nominalizations. I first offer a discussion of two different classes of stative verbs in Greek: verbs that are ambiguous between a stative and an eventive reading, and verbs that are unambiguously stative. I then investigate the nominalizations of these two classes of stative verbs. On the basis of modification criteria, I show that a nonquantity structure is present in stative nominalizations that preserve the argument structure of their corresponding verbs. I then proceed to offer an articulated structure of stative verbs and stative nominalizations. © Presses universitaires de Vincennes.