RF:
On p. 33 of my dissertation we read: "This means
that features of the verbal system that cannot be
changed or cancelled represent "semantic
meaning," while features that can be changed or
cancelled, represent "conversational pragmatic
implicature".
This shows that I do not claim that semantic
meaning "exists wholesale across language".
And it is not true that the concept is never
defended! On p. 33 I used the "plod"-example,
and in the following pages I discussed the
uncancellable characteristics of dynamicity,
durativity, and telicity in contrast with the
cancellable characteristics of statitivy and
punctiliarity. The discussion was illustrated by
examples.
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