Article published in:
Verb Classes and Aspect
Edited by Elisa Barrajón López, José Luis Cifuentes Honrubia and Susana Rodríguez Rosique
[IVITRA Research in Linguistics and Literature 9] 2015
► pp. 218–237

The pseudo-copulative verbs verse and sentirse

diachronic and conceptual aspects

This paper has as its purpose to present a diachronic analysis of the pseudo-copulative verbs verse and sentirse carried out from the theoretical postulates of cognitive semantics and the grammaticalization theory. It will be proved that these two pseudo-copulas in Spanish have been formed within a historical process determined by the conceptual properties of the transitive verbs ver [see] and sentir [feel], additionally highlighting the main functional differences between verse and sentirse and their specific semantic nuances.
Keywords: cognitive semantics, grammaticalization, pseudo-copulative verbs
Published online: 25 November 2015
https://doi.org/10.1075/ivitra.9.10fer
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