Open AccessLexical Aspect Classification for Unrelated Languages
Author(s) -
Tina Čok
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
acta linguistica asiatica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.114
H-Index - 2
ISSN - 2232-3317
DOI - 10.4312/ala.10.2.49-64
Subject(s) - affect (linguistics) , linguistics , verb , perception , psychology , field (mathematics) , cognition , foreign language , emphasis (telecommunications) , computer science , cognitive psychology , mathematics , philosophy , neuroscience , pure mathematics , telecommunications
The present paper presents a comprehensive analysis of the verbal aspect in general and with special emphasis on the comparison of Chinese and Slovenian lexical aspect. Recognised discrepancies between the conceptualisation and verbalisation of actions in unrelated languages indicate that deeper cognitive differences affect our perception of reality, which is something that should be more widely recognized when learning and teaching foreign languages. The contribution of this article is a comparative analysis of available studies by authoritative linguists, based on which we have formulated a new and more comprehensive proposal that will help classify verb types in unrelated languages, and can be further exploited in the field of applied linguistic research.