We often see in discussions of Hebrew verbs that
aspect is confused with lexical meaning or
Aktionsart. Therefore, it is important to give
clear definitions of the terms. Aspect is given
different definitions in the literature, often
psychological definitions. A person discussing
aspect chooses one of the definitions, and if
other persons use different definitions,
confusion arise. The only way to avoid this
"random choice of an aspect definition" of which
I am aware, is to use the basic parameters
"deictic center," "reference time" and "event
time." By using these univesal parameters, one
needs not to start with a particular aspect
definition, but the meaning of each aspect will
emerge after one has worked with the text for a
long period.
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These "universal parameters" as you say seem to be drawn from a mix of Enunciative, Semantic and Grammatical theories.
I see that mix as descriptively troublesome.
Arnaud Fournet
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