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Paradigmatic classification of verbs

Morphologically, verbs can be classified as weak or strong, and strong verbs can in turn be subclassified into different conjugations according to different kinds of partial irregularity.

Syntactically, verbs can be classified in complex ways according to their frames.

Semantically, verbs can be classified according to the kinds of events or states, in traditional terms, which they denote.

Tasks:

  1. Search for characterisations of
    1. event semantics,
    2. temporal semantics,
    3. event logic,
    4. temporal logic,
    5. aspect, verb (verbal) aspect,
    6. Aktionsart,
    7. time and tense.
  2. Select a small set of verbs and try to characterise their semantic properties as exhaustively as possible using the criteria discussed so far.


Dafydd Gibbon, Thu Jul 8 12:52:09 MEST 2004
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