Sentence Semantics 1: Situation

Sentence Semantics 1: Situation

1. Comparing aspects across language

   • Perfectively
     • Beginning and end complete
   • Imperfectivity
     • Middle phrase, end unespescified

2. Tense and Aspect

   • Tense
     • Deicit system

3. Intercative

   • Durative adverbs
     • Telic
       • Natural ending
     • Atelic
       • Continued

4. Modality and Evidentiality

   • MODALITY
     • Modulate speakers commitment
   • MOOD
     • Differences marked by verb conjugations
   • EVIDENTIALITY
     • Speaker says what is related with his knowledge

5. Classifying situations

   • Static
     • No internal structure
   • Dynamic
     • Action have subparts

6. Verbs and Situation types

   • Stative verbs
     • No internal aspects of the situation
   • Situation Types
     • Semelfacctives
       • Atelic events
     • Achivements
       • Instantaneous change
   • Dynamic verbs
     • Processes
       • Internal structure
       • Inchoatives
         • Beginning of a new state
       • Resultatives
         • End of the action
       • Duratives
         • For a period of time
       • Punctuals
         • Fast event
     • Events
       • Situation