From: Kimmo Huovila <kimmo.huovila AT helsinki.fi>
To: b-hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: Prototype Theory and Hebrew Tense/Aspect
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 15:13:36 +0200
Dave Washburn wrote:
[snip]
> At the same time, I
> wonder if aspect is a feature of the semantics of clauses, or of
> words and phrases?
I argue in chapter 2 of my thesis that aspect is a nested phenomenon.
Different layers of aspect would map onto different layers of sentence
structure (ie. words, phrases and clauses). See my thesis for details
and arguments.