Verbal aspects in West Greenlandic: lexical and grammatical aspects
In this article, lexical aspectual types in West Greenlandic are investigated in the five aspectual types, states, achievements, semelfactives, activities and accomplishments. It is shown that derivational verbalizing affixes include aspectual type congruent with the lexical aspect and how the aspec...
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Language: | English |
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Alaska Native Language Center, Fairbanks, Alaska
2017
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Online Access: | https://curis.ku.dk/portal/da/publications/verbal-aspects-in-west-greenlandic(2ee028b6-be61-4bdc-a628-5950646e7576).html https://curis.ku.dk/ws/files/319115604/Verbal_Aspect_in_West_Greenlandic.pdf |
Summary: | In this article, lexical aspectual types in West Greenlandic are investigated in the five aspectual types, states, achievements, semelfactives, activities and accomplishments. It is shown that derivational verbalizing affixes include aspectual type congruent with the lexical aspect and how the aspectual type is changed in West Greenlandic. It is also shown how the grammatical aspectual affixes change the lexical aspect as well, and the ordering of the affixes is described shortly. |
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