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Linking Theory and Lexical Ambiguity: The Case of Italian Motion Verbs

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This chapter takes into account the interactions between motion verbs and spatial prepositions in Romance languages, considering Italian as a case study. We will show that, contrary to traditional approaches (Zin-garelli, 1995; Serianni, 1988), there is no need to assume that spatial prepositions in Italian are almost systematically ambiguous between a static and a dynamic interpretation. Such an assumption, which is made in analogy with Germanic languages, hides the generalization that monosyllabic static and dynamic Italian locative prepositions axe not distinct.

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Dini, L., Di Tomaso, V. (1999). Linking Theory and Lexical Ambiguity: The Case of Italian Motion Verbs. In: Bunt, H., Muskens, R. (eds) Computing Meaning. Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy, vol 73. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4231-1_16

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