Hi Ruth!
Thank you for your insightful comments. I think you've shown quite well that we need to distinguish the nature of an action (Aktionsart) from how it is depicted and presented to a reader (aspect). The two are not the same, but they are often confused.
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… A much better explanation of the variation in aspect is according to definiteness and indefiniteness. Just as one might switch between 'a horse' and 'the horse' in nouns, so we can switch between 'an action in particular' and 'an action in general'.
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