Gerund clauses and factive and non-factive predicates

Authors

  • Patrícia Rodrigues

Keywords:

gerund clauses, complementation, factive predicates.

Abstract

This paper examines some syntactic aspects of gerundive clauses in Brazilian Portuguese in sentences like O professor estranhou os alunos estudando física no feriado / O professor quer os alunos estudando física no feriado. We analyze these kinds of gerundives as a single clausal constituent, complements of the matrix verb. However, a closer look reveals that these constructions show different behaviors, which we associate with the fact that their matrix predicates – estranhar and querer – belong to different semantic classes: factives vs non-factives. The aim of this work is to discuss the differences between these two kinds of gerundive clauses and argue for differences in their syntactic structures.

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Published

2016-04-04

How to Cite

Rodrigues, P. (2016). Gerund clauses and factive and non-factive predicates. Estudos Linguísticos (São Paulo. 1978), 41(1), 370–380. Retrieved from https://revistas.gel.org.br/estudos-linguisticos/article/view/1239

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Section

Sintaxe