The relation between the existential and elative semantic contents in latin verbal compounds with ex-

  • Concepción Cabrillana Universidad de Santiago de Compostela
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/CFCL.57801
Keywords: Latin Syntax, existential semantics, ‘Source’ Semantic Function, ex(s)to, ex(s)isto, predicate frames

Abstract

The article examines the different syntactic and semantic behaviour of two Latin predicates that share clear morphological features: exsto and exsisto. As a justification for the above distinction, it is proposed an explanatory hypothesis of their differences (i) in syntactic complementation (more or less frequent expression of the Origin semantic function) and (ii) in semantic and aspectual specificity (preponderance of the durative existential meaning or the punctual elative one); that hypothesis has to do with the level of incorporation of the notion of Origin to verbal semantics.

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Published
2017-10-30
How to Cite
Cabrillana C. (2017). The relation between the existential and elative semantic contents in latin verbal compounds with ex-. Cuadernos de Filología Clásica. Estudios Latinos, 37(2), 185-195. https://doi.org/10.5209/CFCL.57801
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Vol. 37 No. 2 (2017)
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