2023
DOI: 10.1017/cnj.2023.19
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French ingressives and (phasal) aspect: A frame-semantic corpus-based analysis

Filip Verroens,
Ludovic De Cuypere

Abstract: This article compares the usage of commencer à ‘to begin’+Vinf. and se mettre à ‘to start’ + Vinf. in modern French. Using a corpus sample of 2000 observations, we examined the effect of Adverbial complementation, of Event type (aspect), and of Tense. Based on a mixed-effects logistic regression analysis, we found evidence for Event type, where se mettre à is associated with activities, and Tense, where se mettre à seems to be associated with passé simple, futur proche and subjonctif present. On the other hand… Show more

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“…the infinitive slot (Stefanowitsch and Gries, 2003: 213). According to the hypothesis of Verroens and De Cuypere (2023), the ingressive constructions have their own meaning: Both ingressive constructions mark the onset of an event, but they modify the aspectual contour of a base event in different ways. COMA is able to exhibit an achievement profile, an accomplishment profile, or an activity 11 profile while SMA tends to mark a punctual transition, i.e.…”
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“…the infinitive slot (Stefanowitsch and Gries, 2003: 213). According to the hypothesis of Verroens and De Cuypere (2023), the ingressive constructions have their own meaning: Both ingressive constructions mark the onset of an event, but they modify the aspectual contour of a base event in different ways. COMA is able to exhibit an achievement profile, an accomplishment profile, or an activity 11 profile while SMA tends to mark a punctual transition, i.e.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The corpus-based analysis of Verroens and De Cuypere (2023) shows that most of the intuitive observations illustrated in (2)-( 5) are justified. The findings of their mixed-effects logistic regression model suggest that SMA is significantly associated with Activities (in the sense of Vendler, 1967).…”
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