Aspect in English

Preface. Acknowledgements. Introduction. 1. On the essence of aspect. 2. Vendler's classification of situations, and the problem of its interpretation. 3. Verkuyl's theory of compositional aspect. 4. The article and the related markers of quantity in the expression of aspect in English. 5. Extension in time of subjects and objects from a `common-sense' point of view. 6. The mechanism for mapping the temporal values of subjects and objects. 7. The interdependence between markers of boundedness in verbs and in nouns. 8. The Progressive in English. 9. Lexical meanings of verbs, and aspect in English. 10. Meanings of nouns and noun phrases, and aspect in English. 11. The impact of adverbials in the sentence and aspect in English. 12. On negativity and the explication of perfectivity. 13. On aspectual classes in English. 14. On `knowledge of the world' in the explication of aspect in English. Conclusion. Appendix. References. Index of terms. Index of authors.