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1998
The distinction between telic and atelic predicates has been described in terms of the algebraic properties of their meaning since the early days of model-theoretic semantics. This perspective was inspired by Aristotle’s discussion of types of actions that do or do not take time to be completed which was taken up and turned into a linguistic discussion
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The distinction between telic and atelic predicates has been described in terms of the algebraic properties of their meaning since the early days of model-theoretic semantics. This perspective was inspired by Aristotle’s discussion of types of actions that do or do not take time to be completed which was taken up and turned into a linguistic discussion
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Elucidation of a telic infinitive
Journal of Linguistics, 2001In this paper, I consider the semantics of a modifier infinitive in English, related to the more widely discussed Rationale Clause (see especially Faraci 1974, Jones 1991). I argue that the semantics of this infinitive (a Telic Clause) derives from the properties of the predicate which heads it (TELOS).
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Telic definites and their prepositions
2014This papers accounts for the emergence of telic readings of potentially locative sentences in French and Serbian (corresponding to the English to go to the swimming pool ). The paper establishes that although deprived of overt marking of definiteness, the nominal of telic sentences of Serbian is interpreted as definite.
Tijana Asic, Francis Corblin
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Telicity in the Second Language
2001The author combines a syntax-theoretical treatment of telicity marking and an empirical study of the second language acquisition of English telicity marking by native speakers of Bulgarian, a Slavic language. It is argued that Vendlers lexical classes of verbs (states, activities, accomplishments and achievements) can be represented in four phrase ...
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Deverbal Nominals and Telicity in Japanese
Journal of East Asian Linguistics, 1999Kishimoto (1996) observes that the NP modified by a deverbal nominal with kake is restricted to the object of a transitive verb and the subject of an unaccusative verb, excluding the subject of a transitive verb and an unergative. In this paper we first claim that kake nominalization should recognize the two meanings, the "halfway" reading and the ...
Natsuko Tsujimura, Masayo Iida
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Telicity and incremental theme
Russian Linguistics, 2008The paper deals with the notion of INCREMENTAL THEME and problems connected with the telicity/atelicity of Russian verbs and verb phrases (VPs). Verbs cannot be classified as telic or atelic once and for all—telicity must be determined on the level of a VP. The notion of incremental theme provides simple rules of ASPECTUAL COMPOSITION.
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Locatum Structures and the Acquisition of Telicity
Language Acquisition, 2010This article presents a study of a between-subjects design experiment on the comprehension of telicity in simple telic predicates (e.g., John filled the bucket) and locatum predicates (e.g., the water filled the bucket) in L1 Spanish. Weist, Wysocka, and Lyytinen (1991) for English and Finnish, and Van Hout (1997, 1998b) for English and Dutch have ...
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1982
There are a few etymologies that may be referred to for what they may be worth (that is, we assume that Plato is sympathetic to them): first, man (anthrōpos) consists of soul and body, and the soul, when in the body, is the cause of life and gives power of breath and revival (anapsychon), and when this reviving power fails (ekleipontos) the body ...
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There are a few etymologies that may be referred to for what they may be worth (that is, we assume that Plato is sympathetic to them): first, man (anthrōpos) consists of soul and body, and the soul, when in the body, is the cause of life and gives power of breath and revival (anapsychon), and when this reviving power fails (ekleipontos) the body ...
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