Aspect
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Aspect is a category used to indicate the temporal internal structure of an event.
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Natural language
In the UNLarium, the attribute aspect may assume the following values:
- Aspect is represented only when grammaticalized
- It sparkled = perfective (and not iterative)
- Perfect and perfective are different aspectual values
- perfective = seen as completed (He ate the apple)
- perfect = seen as relevant (He has never eaten an apple)
- Aspect values may be combined through "&"
- I am eating = progressive (PGS)
- I have eaten = perfect of persistent situation (PSS)
- I have been eating = PGS&PSS
Examples
List of verb forms:
UNL
In UNL, aspect is to be represented by attributes indicating the temporal internal structure of the event.
- Aspect values may be combined.
- I start to eat = eat.@inceptive
- I'm starting to eat = eat.@inceptive.@progressive
Examples
- @continuative: I'm still eating the apple.
- @experiential: I have already eaten an apple
- @habitual: I eat apples.
- @imperfective: I was eating the apple (when she came).
- @inceptive: I start eating the apple.
- @iterative: I ate and ate the apple.
- @perfective: I ate the apple.
- @progressive: I'm eating the apple.
- @prospective: I'm about to eat the apple.
- @terminative: I finished eating the apple.
List of verb forms:
