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Re: Tense and aspect

From:Tim May <butsuri@...>
Date:Wednesday, April 30, 2003, 1:10
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.

Replies

Estel Telcontar <estel_telcontar@...>
Pavel Iosad <edricson@...>