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Aspect in English

A “Common-Sense” View of the Interplay between Verbal and Nominal Referents

Authors:

  1. Krasimir Kabakčiev

    1. Institute for the Bulgarian Language, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria

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Part of the book series: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy (SLAP, volume 75)

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
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  2. On the Essence of Aspect

    • Krasimir Kabakčiev
    Pages 1-29

  4. Verkuyl’s Theory of Compositional Aspect

    • Krasimir Kabakčiev
    Pages 55-67

  9. The Progressive in English

    • Krasimir Kabakčiev
    Pages 163-180

  10. Lexical Meanings of Verbs, and Aspect in English

    • Krasimir Kabakčiev
    Pages 181-209

  13. On Negativity and the Explication of Perfectivity

    • Krasimir Kabakčiev
    Pages 263-277

  14. On Aspectual Classes in English

    • Krasimir Kabakčiev
    Pages 279-307

  16. Conclusion

    • Krasimir Kabakčiev
    Pages 327-328

  17. Back Matter

    Pages 329-351
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About this book

Based on an earlier edition published in 1992 in Bulgarian, this book offers a specific approach to one of the most controversial problems in linguistics. According to it, aspect is the result of a subtle and complex interplay between the referents of verbs and nouns in the sentence. Special attention is paid to the role nouns and noun phrases play in the explication of aspect in English (and similar languages). The grammatical marking of aspect is shown to be a compensatory phenomenon imposed by language structure. Comparisons made using Slavic (mainly Bulgarian) data reveal that compositional aspect is a mirror image of verbal aspect. When explicated compositionally, aspect is also determined by pragmatic factors. Ultimately, it is part of man's cognitive potential.
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Institute for the Bulgarian Language, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria

    Krasimir Kabakčiev

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Aspect in English

  • Book Subtitle: A “Common-Sense” View of the Interplay between Verbal and Nominal Referents

  • Authors: Krasimir Kabakčiev

  • Series Title: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9355-7

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2000

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-6538-9Published: 30 September 2000

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-5548-4Published: 08 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-015-9355-7Published: 09 March 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0924-4662

  • Series E-ISSN: 2215-034X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXII, 352

  • Topics: Semantics, Theoretical Linguistics, Comparative Linguistics

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