Event structure of non-culminating accomplishments
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Sergei Tatevosov
Abstract
In this paper, we examine failed attempt and partial success interpretations of accomplishment verbs cross-linguistically. We observe that accomplishments differ systematically as to which of these readings they can produce. Relying on Rothstein’s (2004) theory of accomplishments, we propose that this diversity can be accounted for through properties of the relation between subevents in the accomplishment event structure.
Abstract
In this paper, we examine failed attempt and partial success interpretations of accomplishment verbs cross-linguistically. We observe that accomplishments differ systematically as to which of these readings they can produce. Relying on Rothstein’s (2004) theory of accomplishments, we propose that this diversity can be accounted for through properties of the relation between subevents in the accomplishment event structure.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Preface vii
- The semantics of tense, aspect and modality in the languages of the world 1
- Incompatible categories 13
- The perfective/imperfective distinction 33
- Lexical and compositional factors in the aspectual system of Adyghe 55
- Event structure of non-culminating accomplishments 83
- The grammaticalised use of the Burmese verbs la ‘come’ and thwà ‘go’ 131
- Irrealis in Yurakaré and other languages 155
- On the selection of mood in complement clauses 179
- ‘Out of control’ marking as circumstantial modality in St’át’imcets 205
- Modal geometry 245
- Acquisitive modals 271
- Conflicting constraints on the interpretation of modal auxiliaries 303
- Modality and context dependence 317
- Verbal semantic shifts under negation, intensionality, and imperfectivity 341
- The Estonian partitive evidential 365
- Index 403
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Preface vii
- The semantics of tense, aspect and modality in the languages of the world 1
- Incompatible categories 13
- The perfective/imperfective distinction 33
- Lexical and compositional factors in the aspectual system of Adyghe 55
- Event structure of non-culminating accomplishments 83
- The grammaticalised use of the Burmese verbs la ‘come’ and thwà ‘go’ 131
- Irrealis in Yurakaré and other languages 155
- On the selection of mood in complement clauses 179
- ‘Out of control’ marking as circumstantial modality in St’át’imcets 205
- Modal geometry 245
- Acquisitive modals 271
- Conflicting constraints on the interpretation of modal auxiliaries 303
- Modality and context dependence 317
- Verbal semantic shifts under negation, intensionality, and imperfectivity 341
- The Estonian partitive evidential 365
- Index 403
