Aspect in English A “Common-Sense” View of the Interplay between Verbal and Nominal Referents
Based on an earlier edition published in 1992 in Bulgarian, this book offers a specific approach to one of the most controversial problems in linguistics. According to it, aspect is the result of a subtle and complex interplay between the referents of verbs and nouns in the sentence. Special attenti...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
2000, 2000
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2000 |
| Series: | Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1. On the essence of aspect
- 2. Vendler’s classification of situations, and the problem of its interpretation
- 3. Verkuyl’s theory of compositional aspect
- 4. The article and the related markers of quantity in the expression of aspect in English
- 5. Extension in time of subjects and objects from a “common-sense” point of view
- 6. The mechanism for mapping the temporal values of subjects and objects
- 7. The interdependence between markers of boundedness in verbs and in nouns
- 8. The Progressive in English
- 9. Lexical meanings of verbs, and aspect in English
- 10. Meanings of nouns and noun phrases, and aspect in English
- 11. The impact of adverbials in the sentence, and aspect in English
- 12. On negativity and the explication of perfectivity
- 13. On aspectual classes in English
- 14. On ‘knowledge of the world’ in the explication of aspect in English
- Conclusion
- Appendix. The major characteristics of the Bulgarian tense-aspect system
- References
- Index of terms
- Index of authors