Measure of change: The adjectival core of degree achievements

Linguística Revista de Estudos Linguísticos da Universidade do Porto Vol. 5 2010, pp. 235-239 1 Este termo, que ocorre em Dowty (1979) é, de certa forma, enganador, na medida em que os “degree achievements” não são, de facto, “achievements”, mas “accomplishments” ou actividades (na terminologia de Vendler, 1957), consoante a leitura em questão. 2 Compare-se (a) com (b): (a) The soup cooled in ten minutes. – um evento télico (b) The soup cooled for ten minutes. – um evento atélico (Kennedy e Levin, 2008:157) Christopher KENNEDY e Beth LEVIN. Measure of change: The adjectival core of degree achievements [Louise McNally e Christopher Kennedy, eds., Adjectives and Adverbs: Syntax, Semantics and Discourse]. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008, pp.156-182. ISBN: 978-0-19-921162-3

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