Explaining the (A)telicity Property of English Verb Phrases
Explaining the (A)telicity Property of English Verb Phrases

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the paper is that of offering an overview of various executions of the aspectual notions of (a)telicity in mostly current literature.The structure of the paper is as follows: we first distinguish between the notions of (a)telicity and (im)perfectivity and interpret these systems as orthogonal to each other(section 1). Section (2) reviews tests that identify (a)telic predicates. Sections (3-6) are devoted to the analyses and critique evaluations of (a)telicity calculated at VP level in Krifka (“Nominal reference”, “Thematic relations”, “The origins of telicity”) (section 3), in Rothstein (“Derived accomplishments”, “Telicity, atomicity”) (sections 4 and 6), and in Filip (“Events and maximalization”) (section 5).

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