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Re: aktionsart and aspect

At 09:53 AM 5/5/97 -0400, Mari Broman Olsen wrote:
>
>Aktionsart is generally used to refer to what I call 'lexical aspect':
> the inherent properties of the verb that indicate how it unfolds
>through time (state vs. event, punctiliar vs. durative, and bounded or
>not).  Grammatical aspect is used for imperfective vs. perfective
>oppositions, which can interact with lexical aspect, yielding similar
>meanings.  Aspect is used as a cover term to both.  I try to constrain
>how they interact in my account.

This is a relief - I was afraid life was going to get even more complicated! 

Jonathan

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