Re: b-greek-digest V1 #661
Mari Broman Olsen (molsen@umiacs.umd.edu)
Mon, 17 Mar 1997 09:40:29 -0500 (EST)
>
> Mari Broman Olsen wrote:
> >
> > Grammatical aspect focuses on the internal temporal constituency of a
> > situation; it is morphologically realized. Lexical aspect provides
> > that constituency. English example:
> >
> > John was winning the race.
> > Tense: past
> > Lexical aspect: telic (bounded)
> > Grammatical aspect: imperfective (ongoing)
> >
> > We can't tell from this sentence if the perfective eventually held
> > (John had won).
> >
> > John was running (in the race).
> > Tense: past
> > Lexical apsect: atelic (unbounded)
> > Grammatical aspect: perfective (completed)
> >
> I do not understand why the grammatical aspect is not imperfective.
> Please explain:
>
> John ran in the race.
>
>
It IS imperfective. I made a typo.
Mari