Previous studies usually regard the stative meaning of such verbs as extension of their action meaning in combination with the meaning of static existential construction.

• 对英语定位动词的研究认为，此类动词的动作义由状态义转化而来；而传统汉语研究则认为这类动词的状态义是在静态存在句的构式作用下由动作义延伸而来的。