Sentence Semantics 1 : Situations

Sentence Semantics 1 : Situations

1. The marking of time

   • Tense

2. To class a situation

   • Type
   • Tense
   • Aspect

3. Types of verbs

   • Stative
     • e.g.
       • Feel
   • Dynamic
     • e.g.
       • Drive
     • Events
       • Punctual
     • Processes
       • Durative
       • Telic
       • Atelic

4. Four kind of situations

   • States
   • Activities
   • Accomplishments
   • Achievements

5. Past events

   • as a
     • Present tense
       • known as
         • Historical present

6. Perfectives

7. Imperfectives

8. Modality

   • Epistemic
   • Deontic