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It is well known that the distribution of the Spanish verbs and , both equivalent of in English, depends upon the stage or individual level of the predicates. and are used to express respectively inherent or episodic properties. As a consequence, spatial location is denoted by means of and not . There is an exception to this principle: event-denoting nouns (ENs) combine only with in locative expressions. In this article, we further investigate the construction of with ENs. By comparing the semantics of ENs with that of object-denoting nouns, we claim that spatial location is treated as an inherent property of events because of the temporal features of ENs. Evidence for this correlation can be found in the nonprototypical use of ENs as adverbials of place, and in the variations of spatial denotation between ENs depending upon their variations of temporal denotation.

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Keyword(s): estar; event; ser; Spanish; spatial location

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