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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