Abstract
A. Rochette, « On the Selectional Restrictions of Aspect in French Infinitival Complements » This paper examines the selectional restrictions imposed by certain matrix verbs on their infinitival complements. Aspectual verbs such as commencer may introduce activities and accomplishments as their complements but they do not generally admit states or achievements. It is argued that activities and accomplishments can be characterized in terms of the semantic category process which is selected by aspectual verbs. This selection of the category process is also responsible for restrictions observed in the interpretation of the nominal complements of these verbs.
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