Chapter 5 Sentence semantics 1: Situations

Chapter 5 Sentence semantics 1: Situations

1. Classifying situations

   • Situation type
     • Static
     • Unchanging
   • Tense
     • Situation in time
   • Aspect
     • Descriptive

2. A system of situation tipes

   • Knowledege to make disctincions
     • States
     • Activities
     • Accomplishments
     • Achievements
   • Tense and aspect
     • Temporal adverbs
     • Relate situations on time

3. Past events as Present tense

   • Hystorical present
     • Immediacy to a descripcion
   • Perfectives
     • Outside situation
   • Imperfectives
     • Not specified end

4. Modality

   • Credibility
   • Propositional attitude
   • Mood
     • Indicative
   • Evidentialy
     • Source of informaion

5. Verbs and situation types

   • Stative verbs
   • Dynamic verbs
     • Duratives
     • Punctual
     • Telic
     • Atelic

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