Abstract

CASADO MANCEBO, Mario. INDIVIDUALS AND STAGES: A FORMAL APPROACH FROM THE PREDICATES ASPECTUAL INFORMATION. Linguist.lit. [online]. 2019, n.76, pp.65-86. ISSN 0120-5587.  https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.lyl.n76a03.

One of the most controversial issues on studies about predication theory is the division between Individual Level Predicates and Stage Level Predicates as for whether the origin of the distinction is lexical, syntactic or semantic. This paper shows, at first, a theoretical, critical review of the two categories -Individuals and Stages -and the various approaches given to them from the different fields of grammar. In second place, the article proposes a formal analysis of the two types of predicates from an approach focused on the aspectual structure, starting from the features that the items hold when they are drawn from the lexicon.

Keywords : Individual Level Predicates; Stage Level Predicates; Lexis-Syntax Interface; Predication Theory; Aspectual Structure.