Université de Montréal - Thèse sous forme numérique

87Phraseological verbs are predicative verb units that appear in specialized textsin order to express actions, processes and states. When isolated, their meaning is nodifferent than the meaning they have in non-specialized contexts (e.g. generar,producir, fabricar, gastar, consumir 9 ). However, when they are included in syntagmaticunits such as generar energía, instaurar penicilina 10 in which they co-occur with, atleast, one terminological unit playing the syntactic role of subject or object, then theyacquire a specialized value and can be said to belong to ―specialized phraseologicalunits‖. Support verbs, e.g. dar tratamiento (Eng. to treat), as well as total or partialmetaphors, e.g. instaurar un tractament (medicina) (Eng. to administer a treatment) canalso be included in this category. In terminological resources, one should include onlyphraseological verbs displaying behaviour or meaning different from other nonspecializedcontexts.Terminological verbs correspond to those units whose meanings arespecifically related to the specialized field, e.g. eutrofizar (ecología), acetificar(química) 11 . These verbs often have noun derivatives that are terms themselves andshould be included in terminological resources.Verbs are discriminated by means of the following criteria (Lorente andBevilacqua 2000, Lorente 2002):1) Discursive function. The function of verbs is analyzed in terms of their rolein the textual typology, discourse genres and speech acts. This criterionallows for the distinction between discursive verbs and the other three typesof verbs. Typically, the discursive function of discursive verbs consists inthe organization of discourse, in the expression of the experts‘ intentions9 to generate, to produce, to manufacture, to spend, to consume10 to generate energy, to give penicillin11 to result in eutrophication (ecology), to acetify (chemistry)