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Predicate Types

Common questions about Aktionsart

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Isn’t lexical aspect roughly equivalent to Aktionsart? Typically, yes. The problem is that ‘lexical aspect’ is also a […]

michaelaubrey July 31, 2022 Grammar, Greek, Language, Linguistics, Semantics

Perfects, telicity, & the stative modifier test

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Telicity tests and syntactic diagnostics are surprisingly relevant for understanding the semantics of the Ancient Greek perfect.

michaelaubrey February 19, 2019 Grammar, Greek, Language, Lexical Semantics, Linguistics, Semantics, Syntax

Passing grammar notes: Semantics & grounding in narrative II

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This second post on predicate types and narrative structure applies the discussion from the previous post to English and then Greek examples

michaelaubrey October 10, 2018 Grammar, Greek, Language, Linguistics, Passing Grammar Notes, Semantics

Passing grammar notes: Semantics & grounding in narrative I

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When we talk about the concepts of background and foreground, it needs to be emphasized that we are […]

michaelaubrey October 7, 2018 Grammar, Greek, Language, Linguistics, Passing Grammar Notes, 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

Greek Prohibitions: Categories, clausal semantics, and the gradience of grammatical contrasts

I uploaded my powerpoint slides from the Cambridge Greek Verb Conference to academia.edu (link at the bottom). The […]

michaelaubrey April 2, 2016 Grammar, Greek, Historical Linguistics, Language, Linguistics, Morphology, Semantics, Syntax, Typology
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