TY - CHAP
T1 - The Imperfect Unbound
T2 - A Cognitive Linguistic Approach to Greek Aspect
AU - Allan, R.J.
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - In Ancient Greek narrative, the imperfect typically presents the state of affairs as ongoing in order to serve as a temporal framework for the occurrence of one or more other states of affairs. However, in narrative we also find a considerable number of imperfects (especially with verbs of motion and verbs of speech) which refer to completed states of affairs. In this paper, it is argued that Cognitive Grammar notions such as construal, temporal scope of view, profile and base can be helpful in describing aspectual contrasts. The imperfects at issue express the narrator’s construal of the state of affairs as unbounded, thereby emphasizing that the state of affairs is of continuing relevance in the subsequent narrative.
AB - In Ancient Greek narrative, the imperfect typically presents the state of affairs as ongoing in order to serve as a temporal framework for the occurrence of one or more other states of affairs. However, in narrative we also find a considerable number of imperfects (especially with verbs of motion and verbs of speech) which refer to completed states of affairs. In this paper, it is argued that Cognitive Grammar notions such as construal, temporal scope of view, profile and base can be helpful in describing aspectual contrasts. The imperfects at issue express the narrator’s construal of the state of affairs as unbounded, thereby emphasizing that the state of affairs is of continuing relevance in the subsequent narrative.
UR - https://brill.com/edcollbook/title/32803
U2 - 10.1163/9789004315358_007
DO - 10.1163/9789004315358_007
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9789004311640
T3 - Amsterdam Studies in Classical Philology
SP - 100
EP - 130
BT - Variation and Change in Ancient Greek Tense, Aspect and Modality
A2 - Bentein, Klaas
A2 - Janse, Mark
A2 - Soltic, Jorie
PB - Brill
CY - Leiden/Boston
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