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Imperfective

Aspect, imperatives, and distributive plurals

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First, you are probably wondering: what in the world is a distributive plural? And we will get to answering that, but first we need to talk about death. It is Halloween, after all.

michaelaubrey October 30, 2021 Grammar, Greek, Language, Linguistics

Aspectual tid-bits: οἰκοδομοῦντι & οἰκοδομήσαντι

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This piece was originally published in 2017. I decided to republish it after expanding its discussion. There’s a […]

michaelaubrey August 27, 2021 Grammar, Greek, Language, Linguistics, Semantics

Passing grammar notes: Aspect and grounding in narrative

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Tense and aspect are central for narrative text. The perfective and imperfective aspect, particularly, are essential for how an author builds a narrative structure and signals to the reader the flow of the story.

michaelaubrey October 2, 2018 Discourse Analysis, Grammar, Greek, Language, Linguistics, Passing Grammar Notes, Semantics, Syntax

Iterative usage of aspect in the imperative mood

When we look at aspectual choice in the indicative mood, we find that there are a number of […]

michaelaubrey April 22, 2016 Grammar, Greek, Historical Linguistics, Language, Linguistics, Semantics

Aspect, imperatives, and event conceptualization

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In an earlier post, I noted that the speaker/author’s perspectival choices could affect the selection of aspect both […]

michaelaubrey April 14, 2016 Grammar, Greek, Historical Linguistics, Language, Linguistics, Semantics, Syntax
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