'Situation types' presentation slideshows

Part-I

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CAS LX 502 Semantics

CAS LX 502 Semantics. 4a. Events and Theta roles 3.5, 4.4 (8.1, 8.2). Situations. We can think of sentences as referring to situations ( events , states , eventualities ). A sentence like Pat opened the door can be thought of as meaning

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CAS LX 502

CAS LX 502. 4b. Tense and aspect 5.1-5.2. Situations. We can think of sentences as referring to situations ( events , states , eventualities ). A sentence like Pat opened the door can be thought of as meaning

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Sentence semantics

Sentence semantics. Classifying meaning at sentence level. Tense Aspect Situation type. Situation types. Static situations Adjectives Stative verbs Can you distinguish these two in Chinese? Dynamic situations Other verbs, mostly. Dynamic verbs. Durative or punctual?

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