sentence semantics 1: situations

situation type: allows the speaker to describe a situation
dynamic: imply that the action has sub-parts
stative verbs: describe states
aspect: grammatical system relating to time
dynamic verbs can be classified into a number of types
1. durative/punctual
  1. is applied to the verbs which describe a situation or process which last for a period of time
  2. describes an event that seems so instantaneous that it involves virtually no time
2. telic/atelic
3. events
  1. the internal structure of a dynamic situation
4. processes
  1. the speaker views the situation as a whole
  2. inchoactives/resultatives
5. semelfactives are instantaneous atelic events
6. achievements are instantaneous changes of states
perfect aspect allows a speaker to emphasize the relevance to an anchoring point of an event in its past

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	Created by Fernanda Méndez almost 11 years ago