Re: Aspect vs. case; stative and dynamic verbs

Wow, this thread hasn't turned into YAEPT... yet! ;))

Ray írta: "Yes - it did. I have checked Trask also. He slightly
inconsistently refers to "dynamic" as a 'superordinate aspectual label' and
to "stative" as a 'superordinate aspectual category'  :)

"But it is quite clear from his entries that such superordinate aspectual
labels/categories are not the same as aspects themselves."

AFAIK, dynamism is a grammatical category whereby the action is marked for
level of change: no change (static) ~ change (dynamic). Is there a specific
category (cf. aspect) that dynamism would fall under? Or should it be
classified without reference to other, larger groups of terms (cf. aspect)?

"Indeed - I am indebted to some members (current & not-current) on this list
for putting me right on several occasions over the past few years."

Many of my ideas were wrong at the time, but thanks to this list I have
learned quite a bit :D

Trebor

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