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On the possibility of proper verbs

Coates, Richard

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© 2016 by De Gruyter Mouton. The quality of being proper is always presumed, for perfectly understandable reasons to do with its function in acts of reference, to be restricted to nouns or noun phrases. This article is an exploration of the idea that a defensible case can be made for the real, if often ephemeral, existence of proper verbs. Evidence is presented from four categories of usage, mainly in English, but also in French and Dutch.

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Coates, R. (2016). On the possibility of proper verbs. Linguistics, 54(2), 411-431. https://doi.org/10.1515/ling-2016-0005

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Mar 1, 2016
Deposit Date Oct 8, 2015
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Linguistics
Print ISSN 0024-3949
Publisher De Gruyter
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 54
Issue 2
Pages 411-431
DOI https://doi.org/10.1515/ling-2016-0005
Keywords verbs, language
Public URL https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/918129
Publisher URL http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/ling.2016.54.issue-2/ling-2016-0005/ling-2016-0005.xml?format=INT

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