Accomplishments: their telos and their structure

Lucia M. Tovena (1)

1 LLF UMR7110 - Laboratoire de Linguistique Formelle

This paper explores the relevance of a goal directed characterisation of the internal structure of accomplishments. The notion of 'plan' enables us to talk about the homogeneity and the continuity of the activity phase at a sufficiently abstract level, and about non-homogeneity when one consider the structure of instances of accomplishments in global terms, i.e. including culminations. Evidence is provided for this intensional characterisation that enriches a definition the aspectual class based on temporal conditions.

Mots clés: C-ACTI

Domaines: Linguistique

Lucia M. Tovena. Accomplishments: their telos and their structure. Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung 15, 2010, France. pp.613--628. ⟨halshs-00751184⟩