The magic of the moment - what it means to be a punctual verb

Konferenzbeitrag

Lexical-semantic theories often suffer from the imprecision of the concepts they employ in their representations. This leads to a considerable decrease in empirical strength by inviting circular argumentation. A demonstration of how to go about overcoming such shortcomings will be carried out, using the lexical semantic concept of "punctuality" as an example. Firstly, I will argue that the distinction between punctuality and durativity plays a crucial role for the explanation of a wide range of syntactic and semantic phenomena. Secondly, I will discuss methodological issues involved in arriving at a more precise definition of punctuality and, finally, the notion of "punctuality" will be given an interpretation on the basis of extensive consultation of research on cognitive time concepts.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Klassifikation und Themen

• Thema: Deutsch ; Englisch ; Verb ; Germanische Sprachen; Deutsch

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Engelberg, Stefan
• (wann): 1999
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Berkeley : Berkeley Linguistics Society

Weitere Informationen

• URN: urn:nbn:de:bsz:mh39-10762
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 06.03.2025, 09:00 MEZ