RT journal article
T1 Non-relational Embedding Verbs: Quotes and Reports
A1 García Núñez, José María
A1 Orrequia Barea, Aroa
A2 Filología Francesa e Inglesa
K1 complement subordination
K1 non-relational verbs
K1 (il)locutionary verbs
K1 (in)direct quotation
K1 samesaying
AB Some  verbs  cannot  have  their  clausal  complements  replaced  by  referential  expressions  salva  congruitate  and/or  veritate. This makes it difficult to analyse them as denoting relations of the type expressed by run-of-the-mill transitive verbs. The main goal in this work is to find an explanation for why some English embedding verbs are relational while others fail to be so. The question is, why can the latter, but not the former verbs have their embedded clauses replaced by direct speech complements? A comparison in the relevant contexts of the related categories of direct and indirect quotation reveals an important degree of coincidence that calls for (a) an overlapping semantic treatment, and (b) an interpretation of their often invoked differences as due to the contrasting semantic requirements of the class of verbs that fails to express a relation, non-relational ones. For us, the key distinguishing factor is utterance denotation, the differences between the two main classes of verbs identified in the work deriving from reliance on either the form or the content of the utterances involved. In order to account for these facts, we propose a substantial revision of the Davidsonian approach to clausal complementation
PB UNIV COMPLUTENSE MADRID
SN 2386-3935
YR 2020
FD 2020
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/24326
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/24326
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 10-nov-2026