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On Deriving Aspectual Sense
Author(s) -
Webber Bonnie Lynn
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
cognitive science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.498
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 1551-6709
pISSN - 0364-0213
DOI - 10.1207/s15516709cog0204_4
Subject(s) - proposition , modality (human–computer interaction) , character (mathematics) , point (geometry) , computer science , linguistics , scheme (mathematics) , natural language processing , artificial intelligence , mathematics , philosophy , mathematical analysis , geometry
In his recent article “Verbs, Time and Modality,” M. J. Steedman (1977) proposes a recursive scheme for identifying the aspectual character of a proposition. The purpose of this squib is to point out some faults and gaps in that account that may suggest some interesting directions for future research.