Experimental research on grammatical and lexical aspect:
Linguistic relativity, aspectual coercion Cover Image

Experimentální výzkum gramatického vidu a způsobu slovesného děje: jazyková relativita a vidové vynucení
Experimental research on grammatical and lexical aspect: Linguistic relativity, aspectual coercion

Author(s): Jan Chromý
Subject(s): Western Slavic Languages
Published by: AV ČR - Akademie věd České republiky - Ústav pro jazyk český
Keywords: aspectual coercion;grammatical aspect;lexical aspect;linguistic relativity;

Summary/Abstract: The paper presents the second part of the review of experimental research on grammatical or lexical aspect. Two main topics are reviewed: the role of aspect in linguistic relativity and the aspectual coercion hypothesis. In the first part of the paper, it is shown that languages with a similar aspectual system can differ widely in their preferences in the description of certain events, and furthermore that these preferences may influence the speakers’ non-linguistic perception of events. The second part of the paper shows that previous studies on aspectual coercion differ both in their methodology and findings and that the very existence of the aspectual coercion phenomenon is not clear yet.

  • Issue Year: 101/2018
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 189-203
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Czech