Aspect and Actionality in Homeric Greek: A Contrastive Analysis

accomplishments according achievements action actional properties activities adverbials already analysis aorist aorist stems Appendix atelic attested belonging Bybee chapter classes clearly Compare completed concerning considered contexts corresponding definite denoting derivational direct object distinction distribution durative employed English event examples expressions fact forms function give given hand Homeric Greek imperative imperfectiva imperfective indicative Indo-European infinitive inflected instance interpretation intransitive iterative kill lack languages marked meaning moods motion NON-IND noted noun observed occurs opposition particular past perfective aspect plural Prefixed PRES present and aorist present stem progressive Proto-Indo-European punctual reading reference regard represented respectively result root Russian Sample scholars seems semantic semantic field singular situation Slavic languages specific stative stressed studies Table taken tantum telic temporal tense tion tive transitive verbs various Verbal Stem verbs voice whereas δὲ καὶ