The complementation and interpretation of perception verbs

Authors

  • Patrícia Rodrigues UEL

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/rel.v81i0.17377

Keywords:

gerúndio, complementação verbal, verbos de percepção

Abstract

The semantic and syntactic properties of –ing complements of perception verbs are studied under its concrete and imaginative readings. It’s proposed that the interpretations depend on the syntactic realization of the complement as a AspP or as a TopP.

 

How to Cite

Rodrigues, P. (2010). The complementation and interpretation of perception verbs. Revista Letras, 81. https://doi.org/10.5380/rel.v81i0.17377

Issue

Section

Dossiê: Nos domínios do verbo