Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>]

On 27/07/2005 14:02, Ken Penner wrote:

> Were the examples below intended as counter-examples to my statements? (They
> are not.)
>  

Yes, they were intended as such. Please explain why they are not.

> Ken wrote:
>  
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> > > It seems to me that Rolf's example "sing" always has the 
> > >      
> > characteristic of
> >    
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> > > dynamicity. It is not a state.
> > > Similarly, "sing" and "continue" always have durativity. 
> > >      
> > They can never be
> >    
> >
> > > instantaneous.
> > > And "create" has telicity. There is an inherent end to the activity.
> > > It seems to me that these "lexical aspects" are uncancellable.
> > >      
>
> Peter responded:
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> > "All singing, all dancing" as a description of a product (e.g. 
> > http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=13356)?
> >
> > "'Is that true?" he asked. 'No', he continued"? (OK, it takes 
> > a finite 
> > time to utter even the short word "No", but very few of even the most 
> > punctiliar verbs are actually strictly instantaneous.)
> >
> > "She is always creating a fuss"?
> >
> > Such colloquial usages often bend these kinds of Aktionsart rules.
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