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Results: <strong>Catalan</strong> questionnaire<br />

Of all the <strong>Catalan</strong> sentences, the follow<strong>in</strong>g graph illustrates only those Vs imply<strong>in</strong>g a<br />

locative relation. The first pair of columns correspond to the location read<strong>in</strong>g while the<br />

second pair correspond to the locatum <strong>in</strong>terpretation. The last two columns show the<br />

average of the two previous <strong>in</strong>terpretations.<br />

Graph 4: <strong>Catalan</strong> locative <strong>de</strong>nom<strong>in</strong>al Vs<br />

percentage<br />

90<br />

80<br />

70<br />

60<br />

50<br />

40<br />

30<br />

20<br />

10<br />

0<br />

Percentages of the prefixed Vs:<br />

Location Vs (en)garatjar: 73%<br />

(en)gerrar: 93.3%<br />

(en)ga<strong>de</strong>llar: 86.7%<br />

(en)lleixar: 86.7%<br />

Locatum Vs (em)melmelar: 53.3%<br />

(em)mantegar: 66.6%<br />

(em)perfumar: 60%<br />

(en)orengar: 66.6%<br />

<strong>Catalan</strong> locative <strong>de</strong>nom<strong>in</strong>al verbs<br />

location locatum locative<br />

prefixed<br />

Location Locatum Locative<br />

Prefixed 85 61.6 73.3<br />

Unprefixed 15 38.4 26.7<br />

unprefixed<br />

94

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