I am looking for a list of aspectual verbs that could be applied to Old Indo-European Romance languages. I know that 'to begin, to finish, to stop' are common aspectual verbs cross-linguistically. However, I have seen verbs, like 'attempt, try, intend' also listed as aspectual verbs. What are the best criteria to assign this category? Thank you!
I attached you two files concerning the aspectual verbs. They might be helpful. Good Luck..
I attached you two files concerning the aspectual verbs. They might be helpful. Good Luck..
Also Croft's (2012) "Verbs. Aspect and Causal Structure." He distinguishes between aspectual differences contributed by the clause/construction from those contributed by the verb.
Both sets of verbs are normally referred to as ‘complement coercion verbs’ as though semantically, they select for eventive complements , they often appear with non-eventive NP complements (‘John began the novel’, ‘John tried the door’ ). However, they belong to two different semantic classes. Only aspectual verbs can be said to modify the temporal reference of the event. Other verbs in this category are ‘finish’, ‘start’, ‘complete’, continue, ‘end’, ‘stop’.
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