The purpose of this paper is to examine (a)telicitcy and (unboundeness) of English sentences. The former is captured by potential end points, the latter by actual temporal boundaries. In other words, (a)telicity has to do with whether or not a situati...
The purpose of this paper is to examine (a)telicitcy and (unboundeness) of English sentences. The former is captured by potential end points, the latter by actual temporal boundaries. In other words, (a)telicity has to do with whether or not a situation is described as having an inherent or intended endpoint and (un)boundedness has to do with whether or not a situation is described as having reached a temporal boundary. It is shown that (a)telicity and (un)boundedness are influenced by the various elements of sentences such as verbs, noun phrases, prepositional phrases, tenses. Progressives and perfects.