About Imperfectivity Phenomena
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Though the licensing conditions for each reading and perhaps also the default values differ cross-linguistically, it seems always possible for any verb form in any language to alternate between a generic-like reading and an episodic reading. As, for example, in the contrast between Mary swam (last night) and Mary swam whenever she needed to unwind. Formal semantics has overwhelmingly chosen to see that alternation in the following way:
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