Resultativeness and the indefinite progressive perfect

Ilse Depraetere (1)

1 STL - Savoirs, Textes, Langage (STL) - UMR 8163

This paper examines resultativeness in sentences with a perfect progressive form, that is, the extent to which the progressive affects the communication of results in sentences with different Aktionsart types (telic and atelic).

Mots clés: perfect progressive

Domaines: Linguistique

Ilse Depraetere. Resultativeness and the indefinite progressive perfect. Devriendt, Betty, Steven Geukens and Guy Tops (eds). Studies in honour of X. Dekeyser., Leuven: Peeters., pp.225-37., 1999. ⟨halshs-00849491⟩