ON THE MAGIC OF MOMENT (AN ATTEMPT TO DEFINE POLISH MOMENTARY VERBS)

• Authors: Stawnicka J.
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

Starting from a definition of 'moment', the authoress develops a critique of previous aspectological approaches to momentary verbs and proposes a new definition of this class of verbs. The present approach allows for the heterogeneity of momentary verbs and their relation to Vendler's 'achievement' verbs (Vendler 1957). Further, the authoress discusses the terms of use of momentary verbs with durative expressions ('within an hour' type)., i.e., with adverbials denoting time spent in completing the action.

Keywords

EN

ACTION PHASE; CONTINUOUS CHANGE; DURATIVE EXPRESSIONS; MOMENTARY VERBS; STEPWISE CHANGE

Discipline

• PHILOLOGY_&_LINGUISTICS: PHILOLOGY & LINGUISTICS

• Publisher: Polskie Towarzystwo Językoznawcze; UNIVERSITAS Towarzystwo Autorów i Wydawców Prac Naukowych; Wydawnictwo LEXIS
• Journal: Biuletyn Polskiego Towarzystwa Językoznawczego
• Year: 2008
• Volume: 64
• Pages: 143-158
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Stawnicka J.

• J. Stawnicka, Uniwersytet Slaski w Katowicach, Wydzial Filologiczny, Instytut Filologii Wschodnioslowianskiej, ul. Grota Roweckiego 5, 41-205 Sosnowiec, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

09PLAAAA059210