Definitions on Verbal Aspect
Mark Wilson
emory2oo2 at hotmail.com
Sun May 26 21:14:49 EDT 2002
Waldo:
You wrote:
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>Last question -- for now -- Mark wilson are you saying
>that there are 3 aspects, not two?
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Not sure how to answer this. Let me say this about the number
or kinds of aspect:
1. Lexical Aspect (inherent action/state of the lexeme)
2. Grammatical Aspects
2a. imperfective (view of action IN PROGRESS)
2b. perfective (view of action IN SUMMARY)
2c. stative (view of action's EXISTING/CURRENT STATE OF AFFAIRS)
When you combine Lexical Aspect with Grammatical Aspect, you
have what some call Aktionsart. Aktionsart is not Aspect, but
deals with how a verb can FUNCTION based on the combining of its
Lexical and Grammatical Aspects. Aspect is Semantic; FUNCTION is
Pragmatic.
I must admit that I have not continued my study in this area and would
be very interested in knowing of recent work done on Verbal Aspect.
Thanks,
Mark Wilson
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