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  • From: Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>
  • To: K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>
  • Cc: B-Hebrew Hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Verbal Aspect
  • Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 07:41:54 -0400

As Lord Byron has said so aptly (Beppo 125): "For glances beget ogles".

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On May 28, 2013, at 5:54 PM, K Randolph wrote:

For example, to glimpse has the time reference as part of the lexical meaning, namely for a short time. In contrast, to stare has looking for a long period. To look doesn’t have a time reference in its meaning.




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