On the Semantic Typology of Verbal Predicates

  • Tomasz Niestorowicz The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Faculty of Humanities
Keywords: aspect; verb system; compositional nature of aspect

Abstract

The main aim of this article is to describe the classical typology of aspectual classes proposed by Vendler (1967). For that reason, the article is devoted to a general study of this classification. The author also reflects on the compositional nature of aspect.

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Published
2019-10-22
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