Situations

Situations

1. Classifying Situations

   • Dimensions
     • Situation type
       • Static situations
       • Dynamic Situations
     • Tense
       • Past
       • Present
       • Future
     • Aspect
       • Grammatical system
         • Time
         • Description of internal temporal nature of situations

2. Verbs

   • Stative
     • Views situations as steady states
       • be, have, known, love
   • Dynamic
     • Durative
     • Punctual
     • Telic
       • Inherent endpoint
     • Atelic
       • No inherent endpoint

3. Situation types

   • Dynamic
     • Events
       • Situation as a whole
     • Processes
       • Internal structure of situations
         • Inchoatives
         • Resultatives