Language: Italian (Standard Italian)
Contributors: Michela Cennamo and Claudia Fabrizio
References: Cennamo et al. 2010.0; Cennamo 2011.0; Cennamo 2003.0; Lo Duca 2000.0; Cennamo 1995.0; Koontz-Garboden 2009.0; Devoto and Oli 2008.0; Baroni and Kilgariff 2006.0; Ježek 2005.0; Cennamo 2011.0; Cennamo 2010.0; Cennamo 2011.0; Cennamo 2011.0; Belletti and Rizzi 1988.0; Salvi and Vanelli 2004.0; Salvi 1988.0; Sorace 2000.0; Cennamo 1984.0; Cennamo 1993.0; De Mauro 2000.0; Peterson 2005.0; Polinsky 2008.0; D'Alessandro 2007.0; Coseriu 1971.0; Ježek 2003.0; Siller-Runggaldier 2003.0; Bentley 2008.0; Cennamo and Ježek 2010.0; Gaeta 2010.0; Cennamo 1997.0; Vincent 1988.0; Bentley 2006.0; Cennamo and Ježek 2011.0; Haspelmath 1987.0; Haspelmath 1993.0; Peterson 2006.0; Polinsky 2011.0; Cennamo 2014.0
Simplex verb
Verb meaning: JUMP [jump]
Comment: The verb saltare in its intransitive use selects the auxiliary essere 'BE' in compund tenses if the process is bounded (i.e., telic) (e.g., i ragazzi sono saltati in piedi, 'the boys are jumped in foot', 'the boys have stood up' (lit. 'have jumped up'). It selects instead the auxiliary avere 'HAVE' if the process is unbounded, i.e., atelic, the past participle reverting to the unmarked masculine singular form (e.g., i ragazzi hanno saltato sul letto, 'the boys have jumped on the bed'). This verb also allows a transitive structure.
Examples: see at the bottom
Schema: 1 > V.subj[1]
| # | Microrole | Coding set | Argument type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | jumper | V.subj | S |
| (372) |
I bambini saltano tutto il giorno sul letto. i ART.DEF.M.PL bambin-i child-M.PL salta-no jump-PRS.3PL tutt-o all-M.SG il ART.DEF.M.SG giorn-o day-M.SG su-l on-ART.DEF.M.SG lett-o bed-M.SG The children jump on the bed all day long. |
| Alternation | Derived coding frame | Occurs | Comment | # Ex. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (373) |
Mario saltò la siepe. Mario Mario salt-ò jump-PST.3SG la ART.DEF.F.SG siep-e hedge-F.SG Mario jumped over the hedge. |
| (591) |
Mario è saltato in piedi. Mario Mario è be.PRS.3SG salta-t-o jump-PP-M.SG in in pied-i foot-M.PL Mario jumped to his feet. |
| (744) |
Maria è saltata in piedi. Maria Mary è be.PRS.3SG salta-t-a jump-PP-F.SG in in pied-i foot-M.PL Mary jumped to her feet. Comment: The verb saltare in its intransitive use selects the auxiliary BE in compound tenses if the process is bounded, i.e., telic, with past particle agreement with the subject (Salvi 1988, Cennamo 1993: 36, 2011: 5). |
