Konferenzbeitrag
The semantics of the progressive
This paper is about the meaning of the progressive aspect, which has been notoriously difficult to give a satisfying account of. A number of intriguing properties of its meaning were first brought out in formal semantic treatments. An event semantics approach to the progressive which integrates concepts of normality and perspective as well as adequate lexical representations seems to be particularly promising. In section 2 I will present several problems connected with the semantics of the progressive that are crucial for shaping its truth conditions. Several solutions to these problems that have been suggested in the literature will be discussed. In section 3 I will sketch a preliminary account of the meaning of the progressive aspect. In section 3.1 the basic components that underlie the truth conditions of the progressive will be described. In section 3.2 I will present underlying lexical assumptions and the truth conditions for the progressive. Finally, in section 4, I will evaluate the proposal by revisiting the problems discussed.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Thema
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Deutsch
Aspekt
Verb
Englisch, Altenglisch
Germanische Sprachen; Deutsch
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (wer)
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Engelberg, Stefan
- (wann)
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2002
- URN
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urn:nbn:de:bsz:mh39-10573
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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06.03.2025, 09:00 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Konferenzbeitrag
Beteiligte
- Engelberg, Stefan
Entstanden
- 2002
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