Re: Tense and aspect
| From: | Tim May <butsuri@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, April 30, 2003, 1:10 |
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Estel Telcontar wrote at 2003-04-29 20:59:15 (-0400)
> I think I need to learn more about tense and aspect (especially aspect)
> for the verbal systems of some of my conlangs (especially an all-verb
> language I'm working on... a project that bears an uncanny resemblance
> to one or two others mentioned around here recently, but is totally
> independent).
>
> Can anyone suggest a good resource? Most of what I found on the
> internet was either technical notes about particular syntactic issues
> in particular languages, or very basic definitions, or discussions of
> the English system for second-language learners. None of these gives
> me a sense of what the possibilities are.
>
You may have already seen this, but there is Rick Harrison's essay on
aspect:
http://www.invisiblelighthouse.com/langlab/aspect.html
Beyond that, _Aspect_, by Comrie, is no doubt useful, although I've
yet to read it myself.
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