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Linglib.Fragments.English.Verbs.Aspectual

English aspectual verbs #

This file defines the English aspectual verbs stop, quit, start, begin, continue and keep, which take a complement denoting the event whose phase they assert and presuppose the adjacent phase.

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Change of State #

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def English.Verbs.stop :
Verb

"stop" — phasal cessation, presupposes activity was happening

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    def English.Verbs.quit :
    Verb

    "quit" — phasal cessation

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      def English.Verbs.start :
      Verb

      "start" — phasal inception, presupposes activity wasn't happening

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        def English.Verbs.begin_ :
        Verb

        "begin" — phasal inception

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          def English.Verbs.continue_ :
          Verb

          "continue" — phasal continuation, presupposes activity was happening

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            def English.Verbs.keep :
            Verb

            "keep" — phasal continuation

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