Re: Aspect vs. case; stative and dynamic verbs

From:    Ray Brown <ray.brown@...>
> > I was not speaking in the conventional sense, whatever that may
> > mean.  I was speaking in the linguistic sense.
>
> But "stative" and "dynamic" are simply _not_ aspects in the conventional
> *linguistic* sense.
Well, "stative" certainly is, as a kind of Aktionsart, along with
"achievement" verbs, "activity" verbs, and "accomplishment"
verbs, among other categories.  (Not quite the same as aspect, but
closely related.)

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