On the (a)telicity property of English verb phrases
On the (a)telicity property of English verb phrases
Author(s): Ileana Baciu, Ilinca CrăiniceanuSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Editura Universităţii din Bucureşti
Keywords: (a)telic predicates; quantization; cumulativity; event maximalization; incremental homogeneity
Summary/Abstract: The aim of the paper is that of offering an overview of various executions of the aspectual notions of (a)telicity in current literature. The core idea is that, in English, the telic-atelic contrast is compositionally computed at the level of VP/IP.
Journal: Bucharest Working Papers in Linguistics
- Issue Year: 2008
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 55-69
- Page Count: 11
- Language: English