Uticaj semantičkih osobina glagola na tumačenje sadašnjeg perfekta u engleskom jeziku
The Influence Of Verbal Semantic Features On The Interpretation Of The Present Perfect In English

Summary/Abstract: This paper focuses upon the relation between the semantic structure of verbs and the types of present perfect. The aim is to examine the existence of the potential influence that semantic features have on the classification of a verb into one of four types of present perfect (the perfect of persistent situation, the experiential perfect, the perfect of result, and the perfect of recent past). The corpus includes examples of lexical verbs in the form of the present perfect that belong to four situation types given by Vendler and defined by different combinations of features including telicity and duration, which are in the focus of the research. The classification of the examples into four types of present perfect with the reference to telicity and duration has provided an insight into their potential compatibility with the specific types of present perfect.

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