Differences between Russian and Czech in the Use of Aspect in Narrative Discourse and Factual Contexts

The aims of the paper are twofold. First, it provides a systematic qualitative corpus study into differences between Russian and Czech in use aspect chains single, episodic events, as well habitual contexts, which takes account role verb class, aspectual affixes, discourse relations, other factors contributing to overall interpretation given sentence. findings suggest that while makes narrative progression habituality visible already on forms, by employing exclusively perfective imperfective respectively, relies more heavily context itself uses (im)perfective forms mostly signal duration vs. change state. second part addresses two languages so-called general-factual contexts (presuppositional existential). Against background empirical study, I argue against received view mark existential readings. presuppositional reading assume be related process/durative imperfectives, is argued exist both languages.