Abstract
Abstract
In this paper I claim that Italian location and locatum verbs constitute two syntactically distinct classes of verbs. Location verbs are derived from a noun corresponding to a location, and behave similarly to standard verbs of caused motion. Locatum verbs are derived from a noun corresponding to the located entity, and behave similarly to croisés verbs. Despite these similarities, the derivational structure of locatum and location verbs has an impact on their syntactic structure. For this reason locatum and location verbs cannot be included in the classes of croisés and standard verbs, respectively. They deserve a separate classification.
Publisher
John Benjamins Publishing Company