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How fictive dynamicity motivates aspect marking: The riddle of the Finnish quasi-resultative construction.
- Source :
- Cognitive Linguistics; 2005, Vol. 16 Issue 1, p113-144, 32p
- Publication Year :
- 2005
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Abstract
- This article studies fictive dynamicity as a factor motivating aspectual case marking in Finnish. In Finnish transitive sentences aspect is marked with the morphological case of the object: the restrictive object is used in sentences with a resultative meaning, whereas the partitive object is used in sentences indicating either atelicity, irresultativity, or progressivity. Interestingly, however, the restrictive object is also used in so-called quasi-resultative sentences, the aspectual meaning of which is atelic. These typically express a static physical location, perception, or cognition. In this article I argue that the use of the restrictive object in quasi-resultative sentences reflects the telic features of the conceptualization used to construct the representation of the atelic situation, where the atelic situation is represented as the result of a fictive change. This study thus extends the concept of fictive dynamicity to cover phenomena related to linguistic aspect. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09365907
- Volume :
- 16
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Cognitive Linguistics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 16634820
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1515/cogl.2005.16.1.113