Author | Kabakฤiev, Krasimir. author |
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Title | Aspect in English [electronic resource] : A "Common-Sense" View of the Interplay between Verbal and Nominal Referents / by Krasimir Kabakฤiev |
Imprint | Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2000 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9355-7 |
Descript | XXII, 352 p. online resource |
1. On the essence of aspect -- 2. Vendlerโs classification of situations, and the problem of its interpretation -- 3. Verkuylโs 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 โknowledge of the worldโ 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