Unlikely imperfectives  

Oleh:

Grinsell, Timothy W.

Jenis: Article from Proceeding
Dalam koleksi: Proceedings of the 24th Semantics and Linguistic Theory Conference, held at New York University, May 30th - June 1st, 2014, page 395-413.
Topik: semantics; progressive; imperfective; vagueness; social choice theory; modality; gradability
Fulltext: 23. 2431-2628-1-PB.pdf (180.19KB)

Isi artikel

The event-in-progress reading of the English incremental-theme progressive (Elena is drawing a circle) displays vagueness effects, especially when the culmination of the event denoted by the progressive is unlikely. This paper explains these unexpected vagueness effects by adopting a modal theory of the progressive and a gradable theory of modality. It is then possible to explain vagueness effects in the progressive as a result of the same semantic phenomena that generate vagueness effects in gradable adjectives like healthy.

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