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Appendix B
In the classification of deadjectival Vs, the A from which the V is derived is given in
the masculine form within parentheses after the V. The clitic se within parentheses ( )
indicates that the V can be either transitive (without se) or unaccusative (with se). The
Vs with clitic can only be unaccusative and those without are mostly transitive. The
clitic se within square brackets [ ] indicates that the V can be used transitively (without
the clitic), and intransitively (as an unaccusative) either with the clitic or without. The
same holds for denominal Vs.
On the whole, all deadjectival Vs below follow the semantic pattern ‘to make
(something/somebody) A’ and ‘(something/somebody) becomes A’, when used
transitively and intransitively, respectively. If some Vs slightly differ from this pattern
(one on this list), their behaviour can still be explained. For example, the V enaltir (alt)
‘praise’ ‘(tall)’ can be understood as ‘making someone high/putting someone in a high
position by prasing him’. Regarding denominal Vs, they have been divided into four
groups: location Vs, locatum Vs, Vs which can have the two previous patterns, and Vs
of creation. Each group includes subgroups where intermediate Vs have been listed; i.e.
according to my analysis, in the formation of prefixed deadjectival and denominal Vs
there is an intermediate stage in which the A and N have become a V, but the prefix is
not present as yet. These intermediate forms have been grouped depending on whether
they have the same meaning as that of the prefixed version or a related one. Note that in
the group of locatum Vs, the locatum can either be a physical object (e.g. caputxa
‘hood’in encaputxar) or an abstract one (e.g. amor ‘love’ in enamorar).
Deadjectival Vs like fosquejar, groguejar, lluentejar and rossejar have not been
taken into account, since they all contain the suffix -ej- between the adjectival base and
the inflectional morpheme. The same applies to denominal Vs and prefixed Vs whose
source is already verbal (i.e. verbs like encamellar (