Aspectual classes and scales of change
@inproceedings{Beavers2013AspectualCA, title={Aspectual classes and scales of change}, author={John Beavers}, year={2013} }
Abstract Standard models of aspectual classes focus on event decompositional or featural distinctions. However, such classifications often over- or under-generate, and do not necessarily capture the temporal properties aspectual classifications are based on. I develop a predictive model of aspectual classes based on theories of scalar change, taking two independently motivated properties of scales as key: (a) how specific the predicate is about the theme's final state on the scale and (b) the…
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