Event arguments, adverb selection, and the Stative Adverb Gap

Abstract

The central issue here is how to account for a particular case of verb-adverb selection. Many adverbs are restricted from appearing with all stative verbs but almost none are restricted from appearing with (all) eventive verbs. This fact – the Stative Adverb Gap – is here argued not to stem from arbitrary semantic selectional restrictions but is argued to reflect a fundamental type-logical difference between the denotation of stative verbs and eventive verbs. Stative verbs combine with so few types of adverbials because they lack an eventuality argument. The consequences of this assumption are then explored.

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