Default aspect based on state change

Abstract

The paper shows that a single aspect operator successfully generates the interpretations of Russian perfective and imperfective forms, if the following requirements are met. First, the default aspect operator has to be based on the notion of state change. Secondly, the output of the operator is filtered by semantic and morphological blocking constraints.

Keywords

• verbal aspect
• default operator
• event realization
• state change
• contextual interpretation