Jaume Mateus
Biographic Data
| ID | 1453472 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jaume Mateus |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jaume |
| FAMILY NAME | Mateus |
| SIGNATURE | MATEUS J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universitat Autonòma de Barcelona |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4469-9944 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The swarm -alternation in R omance languages: The fine line between causes and sources
The swarm -alternation shows two variants, where the locatum and location alternate their positions: in the locatum-subj variant ( The bees swarm in the garden ), the locatum appears in subject position, whereas the location surfaces as a PP. In turn, in the location-subj variant ( The garden swarms with bees ), the location appears as the subject, and the locatum is introduced by a preposition ( de/di “of” in Spanish, Catalan, and Italian). We a…
How to obtain a copula from a process verb: Insights from the event structure of posture verbs
Posture verbs (sit, stand, lie) seem to constitute an aspectual class of their own, as they do not readily fit the description of either states or activities. The contradicting results obtained from applying various diagnostic tests, which group posture verbs with either states or activities depending on the test’s sensitivity, have led to the creation of additional classes of states, namely, interval states (Dowty 1979) and Davidsonian states (M…
On the argument structure of complex denominal verbs in Latin: A syntactic approach
In this paper I offer a syntactic approach to the formation of complex denominal verbs in Latin. Two basic types of prefixed locative denominal verbs can be distinguished in this language: location ones “agglutinate” a PP expressing location, whereas locatum ones contain a noun expressing the locatum object. Assuming a syntactic distinction between Incorporation and Conflation in denominal verb formation, I claim that prefixed location verbs are …
Into adpositions: New formal perspectives on the structure of the PP and its variation
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Motion events again: Delimiting constructional patterns
Manner and result modifiers. The V ben V construction in Catalan
This paper analyzes the ingredients of a Romance construction, henceforth named the V ben V construction, consisting of a verb and its theme object in combination with a degree adverb ben ‘{well, really}’ followed by a verb in past participle or an adjectival form. It describes the properties and restrictions of the various constituents involved in this construction, and it presents a new analysis focusing on the properties of the main predicate,…
State and change of state in Latin: A view from the Lexicon-Syntax interface
This paper offers a syntactic account of Haverling’s (1994 ff.) descriptive insights regarding the formation of both stative verbs and -sco verbs expressing change in Early and Classical Latin. In particular, the formal distinction between incorporation and conflation (cfr. Haugen 2008 , 2009 and Mateu 2012 , i.a.) is shown to be useful when dealing with the formation of these verbs. Following Acedo-Matellán and Mateu’s (2013) formal account of T…
Argument structure in morphology and syntax: An introduction
A constructional analysis of unselected objects in Polish: The case of prze
We provide a constructional account of unselected objects in Polish with special focus on valence augmentation and valence creation processes (Michaelis and Ruppenhofer 2001a, 2001b) involved in prze-prefixed predications. Unselected objects appear in two transitive patterns, which we label Object-as-Figure and Object-as-Ground constructions. Unlike most non-cognitivist approaches (cf. Spencer and Zaretskaya 1998) and in accordance with Cognitive…
Bare nominals and argument structure in Catalan and Spanish
This article aims at focusing on a set of phenomena related to the syntax and semantics of bare count nominals. We will show that bare count nominals unmarked for number (BNs) can occur both in object argument position and in predicate position, and can form denominal verbs. This is because, in syntax, BNs can only occur as internal arguments of relational categories (V, P) to which bare nouns can move and conflate at some point during the syntac…
On classes of idioms and their interpretation
Laughing Our Heads Off: When Metaphor Constrains Aspect
Argument structure and compositionality in idiomatic constructions
It is often assumed that idiomatic constructions basically involve non-compositional meanings (Katz and Postal 1963; Fraser 1970; Chomsky 1980, among others) or special syntax-semantics correspondences (cf. Jackendoff 1990, 1997a, b, 2002). However, we agree with those linguists who claim that there are aspects of idioms that are compositional (Marantz 1996, 1997; Nunberg, Sag, and Wasow 1994). In this article, on the one hand, assuming Hale and …
A minimalist account of conflation processes: Parametric variation at the lexicon-syntax interface
Locative and locatum verbs revisited. Evidence from Romance
Small clause results revisited
The main purpose of this paper is to show that argument structure constructions like complex telic path of motion constructions (John walked to the store) or complex resultative constructions (The dog barked the chickens awake) are not to be regarded as "theoretical entities" (Jackendoff (1997b); Goldberg (1995)). As an alternative to these semanticocentric accounts, I argue that their epiphenomenal status can be shown iff we take into account so…
On classes of idioms and their interpretation
Motion events again: Delimiting constructional patterns
Argument structure and compositionality in idiomatic constructions
It is often assumed that idiomatic constructions basically involve non-compositional meanings (Katz and Postal 1963; Fraser 1970; Chomsky 1980, among others) or special syntax-semantics correspondences (cf. Jackendoff 1990, 1997a, b, 2002). However, we agree with those linguists who claim that there are aspects of idioms that are compositional (Marantz 1996, 1997; Nunberg, Sag, and Wasow 1994). In this article, on the one hand, assuming Hale and …
A constructional analysis of unselected objects in Polish: The case of prze
We provide a constructional account of unselected objects in Polish with special focus on valence augmentation and valence creation processes (Michaelis and Ruppenhofer 2001a, 2001b) involved in prze-prefixed predications. Unselected objects appear in two transitive patterns, which we label Object-as-Figure and Object-as-Ground constructions. Unlike most non-cognitivist approaches (cf. Spencer and Zaretskaya 1998) and in accordance with Cognitive…
Locative and locatum verbs revisited. Evidence from Romance
Small clause results revisited
The main purpose of this paper is to show that argument structure constructions like complex telic path of motion constructions (John walked to the store) or complex resultative constructions (The dog barked the chickens awake) are not to be regarded as "theoretical entities" (Jackendoff (1997b); Goldberg (1995)). As an alternative to these semanticocentric accounts, I argue that their epiphenomenal status can be shown iff we take into account so…
A minimalist account of conflation processes: Parametric variation at the lexicon-syntax interface
Laughing Our Heads Off: When Metaphor Constrains Aspect
Argument structure and compositionality in idiomatic constructions
It is often assumed that idiomatic constructions basically involve non-compositional meanings (Katz and Postal 1963; Fraser 1970; Chomsky 1980, among others) or special syntax-semantics correspondences (cf. Jackendoff 1990, 1997a, b, 2002). However, we agree with those linguists who claim that there are aspects of idioms that are compositional (Marantz 1996, 1997; Nunberg, Sag, and Wasow 1994). In this article, on the one hand, assuming Hale and …
On classes of idioms and their interpretation
Bare nominals and argument structure in Catalan and Spanish
This article aims at focusing on a set of phenomena related to the syntax and semantics of bare count nominals. We will show that bare count nominals unmarked for number (BNs) can occur both in object argument position and in predicate position, and can form denominal verbs. This is because, in syntax, BNs can only occur as internal arguments of relational categories (V, P) to which bare nouns can move and conflate at some point during the syntac…
Argument structure in morphology and syntax: An introduction
A constructional analysis of unselected objects in Polish: The case of prze
We provide a constructional account of unselected objects in Polish with special focus on valence augmentation and valence creation processes (Michaelis and Ruppenhofer 2001a, 2001b) involved in prze-prefixed predications. Unselected objects appear in two transitive patterns, which we label Object-as-Figure and Object-as-Ground constructions. Unlike most non-cognitivist approaches (cf. Spencer and Zaretskaya 1998) and in accordance with Cognitive…
State and change of state in Latin: A view from the Lexicon-Syntax interface
This paper offers a syntactic account of Haverling’s (1994 ff.) descriptive insights regarding the formation of both stative verbs and -sco verbs expressing change in Early and Classical Latin. In particular, the formal distinction between incorporation and conflation (cfr. Haugen 2008 , 2009 and Mateu 2012 , i.a.) is shown to be useful when dealing with the formation of these verbs. Following Acedo-Matellán and Mateu’s (2013) formal account of T…
Manner and result modifiers. The V ben V construction in Catalan
This paper analyzes the ingredients of a Romance construction, henceforth named the V ben V construction, consisting of a verb and its theme object in combination with a degree adverb ben ‘{well, really}’ followed by a verb in past participle or an adjectival form. It describes the properties and restrictions of the various constituents involved in this construction, and it presents a new analysis focusing on the properties of the main predicate,…
Motion events again: Delimiting constructional patterns
On the argument structure of complex denominal verbs in Latin: A syntactic approach
In this paper I offer a syntactic approach to the formation of complex denominal verbs in Latin. Two basic types of prefixed locative denominal verbs can be distinguished in this language: location ones “agglutinate” a PP expressing location, whereas locatum ones contain a noun expressing the locatum object. Assuming a syntactic distinction between Incorporation and Conflation in denominal verb formation, I claim that prefixed location verbs are …
Into adpositions: New formal perspectives on the structure of the PP and its variation
Preview this article: Into adpositions, Page 1 of 1 /docserver/preview/fulltext/lv.00039.int-1.gif
How to obtain a copula from a process verb: Insights from the event structure of posture verbs
Posture verbs (sit, stand, lie) seem to constitute an aspectual class of their own, as they do not readily fit the description of either states or activities. The contradicting results obtained from applying various diagnostic tests, which group posture verbs with either states or activities depending on the test’s sensitivity, have led to the creation of additional classes of states, namely, interval states (Dowty 1979) and Davidsonian states (M…
The swarm -alternation in R omance languages: The fine line between causes and sources
The swarm -alternation shows two variants, where the locatum and location alternate their positions: in the locatum-subj variant ( The bees swarm in the garden ), the locatum appears in subject position, whereas the location surfaces as a PP. In turn, in the location-subj variant ( The garden swarms with bees ), the location appears as the subject, and the locatum is introduced by a preposition ( de/di “of” in Spanish, Catalan, and Italian). We a…
Computer Science (13 works) · Linguistics (12 works) · Philosophy (12 works) · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (11 works) · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (7 works) · Verb (6 works) · Categorization, perception, and language (4 works) · Conflation (4 works) · Mathematics (4 works) · Psychology (4 works)