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  • From: David Kummerow <farmerjoeblo AT hotmail.com>
  • To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] b-hebrew Uncancellable meaning and Hebrew verbs
  • Date: Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:49:22 +1000



Hi,

as far as I understand Rolf's work he claims that both tense and aspect are cancellable. That was the whole point of his providing refined definitions of imperfect and perfect aspects.

James Christian


Hi James,

Then you've misunderstood his work. Rolf argues that tense and aspect (traditionally defined) cannot be the semantic (ie uncancellable) meaning of the verbal system because each of this is cancellable. However, his redefined notions of perfective and imperfective aspect he asserts is the semantic (ie uncancellable) meaning of the verbal system.

Regards,
David Kummerow.





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