On Berber Verbs of State

Berber verbs of state (“verbes de qualité”, henceforth “Q-verbs”) are well known for their peculiarities, which are, for the most part, well delimited and solidly described. Yet, the status of these particularities, in the grammar of the languages that display them and their implications for the theory of grammar, are still far from consensual. We explore the possibility of a nominal analysis of Q-verbs in synchronic grammar and argue that they are nominal at the templatic level, but verbal in morphosyntax.