On conceptualization and misconceptualization of compositional aspect in Bulgarian publications
On conceptualization and misconceptualization of compositional aspect in Bulgarian publications
Author(s): Krasimir KabakchievSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Foreign languages learning, Theoretical Linguistics, Lexis, Comparative Linguistics, Philology, Translation Studies
Published by: Софийски университет »Св. Климент Охридски«
Keywords: English; perfectivity/imperfectivity; compositional aspect; verbal aspect
Summary/Abstract: Bulgarian publications on English compositional aspect, effectuated at the sentence level, are discussed, providing inadequate descriptions. Slavic aspect is morphologically realized in verbs, English verbs cannot signify aspect, it is explicated as an interplay of sentence components, mainly NPs. Interpretations valid for verbal-aspect languages and inapplicable to compositional aspect are forced onto English, or aspect is “discovered” at the VP-level instead of the sentence level.
Journal: Съпоставително езикознание / Сопоставительное языкознание
- Issue Year: 2023
- Issue No: 1-2
- Page Range: 42-54
- Page Count: 13
- Language: English
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