The Russian semelfactive (event-minimizing) suffix 'nu' (e.g. pryg-nu-t’ = to jump once), rarely discussed in the rich literature on Slavic aspect, (Forsyth 1970, Fowler 1994, Borik 2002, Svenonius 2004a,b,c, Filip 2000, 2003, Romanova 2004, inter alia) presents an interesting problem as it shows a number of striking differences from other perfective operators and unexpected, previously unobser...

In this paper we present a semantic analysis of the imperfective paradox based on the Event Calculus (van Lambalgen & Hamm 2004), a planning formalism characterizing a class of models which can be computed by connectionist networks. We report the results of a questionnaire that support the semantic theory and suggest that different aspectual classes of VPs in the progressive give rise to differ...

this article aims at contrasting aspectual oppositions in english and persian in the context of the novel the old man and the sea, and its translation by daryabandari (1983) as the data. unlike english, in persian perfective and imperfective forms are morphologically marked. while the vast majority of english simple past forms are translated into persian by past perfective forms, only less than...

Abstract This study contributes to a longstanding discussion on the status of aspectual morphology and architecture in Slavic by investigating properties perfective imperfective VP idioms Polish. The investigation reveals that only lexical prefixes which can result idiosyncratic meanings are part basic idioms. Building idea little v is demarcation line for idiomatic meanings, it concluded P-int...

The distinction between perfective and imperfective aspect has been identified in many languages across the world. This paper shows that even do not have a dedicated perfective—imperfective may endow verbal construction is specifically aspectual with value. crucial diagnostic for identifying perfectivity given non-aspectual difference temporal interpretation of clauses involving construction, l...