9. Aspectual class and Aktionsart
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Hana Filip
Abstract
This contribution provides an overview of the main categories of aspectual class and Aktionsart, and a review of the development of typologies from Aristotle to the present day. Key theories of aspectual classes in linguistics and philosophy are discussed, and their contribution to our understanding of how verb meaning, compositional processes and pragmatic principles of interpretation determine the aspectual class of particular sentences. Meaning components that motivate the assignment of simple verbs and complex predicates to aspectual classes also play a role in other areas of semantic and pragmatic research, namely in the thematic role theory, for example, and intersect with the grammar of measurement and scalar semantics.
Abstract
This contribution provides an overview of the main categories of aspectual class and Aktionsart, and a review of the development of typologies from Aristotle to the present day. Key theories of aspectual classes in linguistics and philosophy are discussed, and their contribution to our understanding of how verb meaning, compositional processes and pragmatic principles of interpretation determine the aspectual class of particular sentences. Meaning components that motivate the assignment of simple verbs and complex predicates to aspectual classes also play a role in other areas of semantic and pragmatic research, namely in the thematic role theory, for example, and intersect with the grammar of measurement and scalar semantics.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter I
- Contents V
- 1. Pronouns 1
- 2. Definiteness and indefiniteness 33
- 3. Specificity 70
- 4. Quantifiers 112
- 5. Bare noun phrases 149
- 6. Possessives and relational nouns 177
- 7. Mass nouns and plurals 204
- 8. Genericity 232
- 9. Aspectual class and Aktionsart 274
- 10. Perfect and progressive 313
- 11. Verbal mood 369
- 12. Deverbal nominalization 407
- 13. Tense 436
- 14. Modality 463
- 15. Conditionals 503
- 16. Propositional attitudes 532
- 17. Indexicality and De Se reports 562
- Index 619
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter I
- Contents V
- 1. Pronouns 1
- 2. Definiteness and indefiniteness 33
- 3. Specificity 70
- 4. Quantifiers 112
- 5. Bare noun phrases 149
- 6. Possessives and relational nouns 177
- 7. Mass nouns and plurals 204
- 8. Genericity 232
- 9. Aspectual class and Aktionsart 274
- 10. Perfect and progressive 313
- 11. Verbal mood 369
- 12. Deverbal nominalization 407
- 13. Tense 436
- 14. Modality 463
- 15. Conditionals 503
- 16. Propositional attitudes 532
- 17. Indexicality and De Se reports 562
- Index 619
