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1. Diagramming Grammatical and Lexical Aspect

Author

Hazel Gray and Steve Nicolle

Subjects
Bantu, Bungu, lexical aspect, phasal structure, grammatical aspect, Philology. Linguistics, P1-1091
Abstract

The interaction of grammatical aspect and lexical aspect has been a topic of interest to linguists for many years, yet only recently has more attention been focused on this topic specifically in relation to Bantu languages. The difficulty of mapping Bantu actional types onto the commonly accepted categorizations has resulted in new frameworks being proposed to take these complex lexicalisations into account. In this paper, we use Croft’s (2012) two-dimensional diagrammatic representations of events to represent the aspectual contour encoded by certain predicates in the South Tanzanian Bantu language Bungu [wun]. We investigate the semantics of the Progressive, Anterior, and Resultative aspects in Bungu, and by identifying the phases within each aspectual contour that are profiled by each of these grammatical aspects, we show that the particular interpretation of each aspect depends on the type of predicate that it modifies. By using Croft’s diagrammatic representations of events to identify the semantic contribution made by different grammatical aspects in Bungu, we illustrate its potential as a descriptive tool.

Published
2022

2. Noms humains de phase : problèmes de classifications ontologiques et linguistiques

Author

Angelina Aleksandrova and STAR, ABES

Subjects
Nominal semantics, Linguistics and Language, Classifications lexicales, Prédicats d’état, [SHS.LANGUE] Humanities and Social Sciences/Linguistics, Language and Linguistics, Ensemble lexical, Sémantique aspectuelle, Aspect phasal, Sémantique nominale, Nouns denoting humans, Phase, Phasal structure, Linguistic description, Noms humains
Abstract

This thesis research lies in the field of nominal semantics and focuses on a sample of nouns denoting humans (HN) during different stages of life: infant, child, teenager, adult, elderly (N-[age]). It is three fold. First, this works aims at offering a linguistic description of a set of N-[age] whose operation has remained unknown until now. Demonstrating their hybrid nature - N-[age] denote both referentially essential and intrinsically transient properties - we provide novel parameters for the description of HN in general. Finally, this thesis explores the possibility of notional extension of the aspectual domain to nominal semantics by questioning the concept of phase and by demonstrating that all N-[age] have a phasal structure., Le travail de cette thèse se situe dans le domaine de la sémantique nominale et porte sur un échantillon de noms dénotant les humains (NH) pendant les différentes phases de vie : bébé, enfant, adolescent, adulte, vieillard (N-[âge]). Elle poursuit un triple objectif. D’abord, il s’agit d’offrir une description linguistique fine d’un ensemble de N-[âge] dont le fonctionnement est resté méconnu jusqu’à présent. En démontrant leur caractère hybride – les N-[âge] dénotent à la fois des propriétés référentiellement essentielles et intrinsèquement transitoires – nous mettons en évidence des paramètres inédits pour la description des NH en général. Enfin, notre thèse explore la possibilité d’un élargissement notionnel du domaine aspectuel vers la sémantique nominale en interrogeant la notion de phase et en démontrant que l’ensemble des N-[âge] bénéficie d’une structure phasale.

Published
2013

3. Phase human nouns : problems ontological and linguistic classifications

Author

Angelina Aleksandrova, Linguistique, Langues et Parole (LILPA), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA), Université de Strasbourg, and Catherine Schnedecker

Subjects
Nominal semantics, Aspect phasal, Sémantique nominale, Classifications lexicales, Nouns denoting humans, Phase, Phasal structure, [SHS.LANGUE]Humanities and Social Sciences/Linguistics, Linguistic description, Prédicats d’état, Noms humains, Ensemble lexical, Sémantique aspectuelle
Abstract

This thesis research lies in the field of nominal semantics and focuses on a sample of nouns denoting humans (HN) during different stages of life: infant, child, teenager, adult, elderly (N-[age]). It is three fold. First, this works aims at offering a linguistic description of a set of N-[age] whose operation has remained unknown until now. Demonstrating their hybrid nature - N-[age] denote both referentially essential and intrinsically transient properties - we provide novel parameters for the description of HN in general. Finally, this thesis explores the possibility of notional extension of the aspectual domain to nominal semantics by questioning the concept of phase and by demonstrating that all N-[age] have a phasal structure.; Le travail de cette thèse se situe dans le domaine de la sémantique nominale et porte sur un échantillon de noms dénotant les humains (NH) pendant les différentes phases de vie : bébé, enfant, adolescent, adulte, vieillard (N-[âge]). Elle poursuit un triple objectif. D’abord, il s’agit d’offrir une description linguistique fine d’un ensemble de N-[âge] dont le fonctionnement est resté méconnu jusqu’à présent. En démontrant leur caractère hybride – les N-[âge] dénotent à la fois des propriétés référentiellement essentielles et intrinsèquement transitoires – nous mettons en évidence des paramètres inédits pour la description des NH en général. Enfin, notre thèse explore la possibilité d’un élargissement notionnel du domaine aspectuel vers la sémantique nominale en interrogeant la notion de phase et en démontrant que l’ensemble des N-[âge] bénéficie d’une structure phasale.

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