Evaluating Prospectivity in a Neo-Reichenbachian Aspectual System
| dc.contributor.author | Reed, Sylvia L. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-06-28T02:46:35Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-06-28T02:46:35Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2012 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0894-4539 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10150/231211 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This paper pursues an analysis of prospective aspect and its similarity to the perfect. I adopt the term ‘prospective’ for any aspect whose semantics orders RT prior to ET, and propose a set of diagnostics for prospectivity. Then I discuss properties of perfects which might be shared by this aspect and propose tests for these properties within the prospective. Finally, I show that "going to" and "about to" in English, and "a’ dol do" and "gu" in Scottish Gaelic, pass tests for prospectivity and perfect-hood with varying degrees of success. | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | NSF #BCS0602768A; University of Arizona Social and Behavioral Sciences Research Institute pre-doctoral grant; and a P.E.O. International scholarship. | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | University of Arizona Linguistics Circle (Tucson, Arizona) | en_US |
| dc.relation.url | https://coyotepapers.sbs.arizona.edu/ | en_US |
| dc.rights | Copyright © is held by the author(s). | en_US |
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| dc.title | Evaluating Prospectivity in a Neo-Reichenbachian Aspectual System | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
| dc.type | text | en_US |
| dc.contributor.department | University of Arizona | en_US |
| dc.identifier.journal | Coyote Papers | en_US |
| dc.description.collectioninformation | The Coyote Papers are made available by the Arizona Linguistics Circle at the University of Arizona and the University of Arizona Libraries. Contact coyotepapers@email.arizona.edu with questions about these materials. | en_US |
| dc.source.journaltitle | Coyote Papers | |
| refterms.dateFOA | 2018-08-16T19:58:40Z | |
| html.description.abstract | This paper pursues an analysis of prospective aspect and its similarity to the perfect. I adopt the term ‘prospective’ for any aspect whose semantics orders RT prior to ET, and propose a set of diagnostics for prospectivity. Then I discuss properties of perfects which might be shared by this aspect and propose tests for these properties within the prospective. Finally, I show that "going to" and "about to" in English, and "a’ dol do" and "gu" in Scottish Gaelic, pass tests for prospectivity and perfect-hood with varying degrees of success. |
