Impact of tense on the interpretation of bi-aspectual verbs in Czech

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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Impact of tense on the interpretation of bi-aspectual verbs in Czech
Original language description
This paper is concerned with the interpretation of the so-called bi-aspectual verbs in contemporary Czech. In the first part, a theoretical account of bi-aspectual verbs in the aspectual system of Czech is introduced and three main areas of the researchof bi-aspectual verbs are identified: (1) Formation of bi-aspectual verbs, (2) Mono-aspectualization process, (3) Functioning of bi-aspectual verbs. In the second part of the paper, a simple but efficient method for the analysis of the interpretation of(borrowed) bi-aspectual verbs and a pilot experiment on the interpretation of Czech bi-aspectual verbs are presented. It has been found that the tense of the verb is a very strong factor which influences the interpretation of bi-aspectual verbs: there isa significant tendency to interpret present tense form as imperfective and past tense form a perfective. There are other factors which play an important role in the intepretation of the bi-aspectual verbs. Based on the results, we sugges
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Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
AI - Linguistics
OECD FORD branch
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year
2014
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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