This thesis aims to analyze the meaning of aspectualizers by aktionsarten. In view of their analyses aspectualizers and their complement verbals form a single semantic and functional criteria for auxiliary membership. Semantically, they are analysable...
This thesis aims to analyze the meaning of aspectualizers by aktionsarten. In view of their analyses aspectualizers and their complement verbals form a single semantic and functional criteria for auxiliary membership. Semantically, they are analysable using logical or relational features alone, without reference to lexical features. They qualify as auxiliary verbs under a universal definition of a clausal operator. Aspectualizers and other catenatives are functionally equivalent to the traditionally recognized auxiliaries, and functionally distinct from the corresponding full verbs. Finally, aspectualizers interact with the other aspectual features of the context in a manner analogous to that of the accepted aspect auxiliaries, have and be aspectualizers are freely combined with activities and accomplishments, but they have the restriction of combination with states and achievements. These grammatical qualities between aspectualizers and the verbal classes are the same as the progressive aspect.