temere

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The verb temere also has an intransitive variant, in which the theme/stimulus argument is non-core, encoded as a prepositional phrase headed by the preposition per 'for', and cannot be passivized.
The verb also allows an intransitive variant, with an additional affected participant (which is neither an experiencer nor a stimulus) expressed as a prepositional phrase headed by the preposition per ('for').

Coding frame

Simplex Verb form

Examples

(82)
Il Re piemontese teme la potenza austriaca.
il
ART.DEF.M.SG
re
king.M.SG
piemontes-e
Piedmontese-M.SG
tem-e
fear-PRS.3SG
la
ART.DEF.F.SG
potenz-a
power-F.SG
austriac-a
Austrian-F.SG
‘The king of Piedmont fears Austrian power.’
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(770)
Temo Giovanni per la sua arroganza.
tem-o
fear-PRS.1SG
Giovanni
John
per
for
la
ART.DEF.F.SG
su-a
his-F.SG
arroganz-a
arrogance-F.SG
‘I fear John because of his arrogance.’
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(810)
Temo per la sua salute.
tem-o
fear-PRS.1SG
per
for
la
ART.DEF.F.SG
su-a
his-F.SG
salute
health
‘I fear for his health.’
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(811)
Temo per il futuro del paese.
tem-o
fear-PRS.1SG
per
for
il
ART.DEF.M.SG
futuro
future
de-l
of-ART.DEF.M.SG
paes-e
country-M.SG
‘I fear for the future of the country.’
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Verb meaning , Microroles , Coding sets and Argument types

# FEAR Coding set Argument type
1 fearer V.subj A
2 fear stimulus Ø P

Alternations

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Alternation name Occurs Examples
C
Reflexive Passive more info
R y
(83)
La vecchiaia si teme senza motivo.
‘Old age is feared without any reason.’
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(87)
Si teme da parte del partito la candidatura di Marco.
‘The party fears Mark's candidacy.’
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C
Impersonal Reflexive more info
R y
(84)
Per alcune ore si è temuto il peggio sulla sorte di Simone.
‘For some hours one feared /we/they (indef.) feared the worst for Simon’s fate.’
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(86)
La discussione è trascesa e si è temuto che potesse degenerare.
‘The discussion got out of hand and one/we/ they (indef.)/feared/it was feared that it could degenerate.’
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(131)
Si teme la vecchiaia senza motivo.
‘One fears/We/You/They (indef.) fear old age for no reason.’
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C
Passive more info
R y
(85)
Il generale è temuto dai suoi soldati.
‘The general is feared by his troops.’
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U
Object Omission more info
N n
C
Conative more info
N y
U
Locative Alternation more info
N n
C
Anticausative (coded) more info
N y
C
Indirect/Dative Reflexive more info
N y
U
Oblique Subject more info
N n
C
Middle Reflexive more info
N y
C
Direct Reciprocal Reflexive more info
R y
(134)
Anna e Luca si temono reciprocamente.
‘Anne and Luke fear each other.’
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U
Anticausative (uncoded) more info
N n
U
Causative more info
R n
C
Direct Reflexive more info
M y
(132)
Mario si teme.
‘Mario fears himself.’
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C
Impersonal of Reflexives more info
R y
(133)
Ci si teme a ragione.
‘One fears himself/You fear yourself/We fear ourselves/They fear themselves with good reason/We/You/They fear each other with good reason.’
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C
Impersonal Passive more info
R y
(725)
Si è temuti dagli studenti senza motivo.
‘One is/We/You/They (indef.) are feared by the students without a reason.’
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U
Body part possessor alternation more info
N n
U
Possessor-Attribute Alternation more info
R n
(771)
Temo l'arroganza di Giovanni.
‘I fear John's arrogance.’
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U
Applicative more info
N n
C
Indirect Reciprocal Reflexive more info
N y