Date:  Mon, 13 Dec 1993 16:41:08 CST

From:  "Donald M. Lance" <ENGDL[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MIZZOU1.BITNET>

Subject: Re: progressive statives



Response to Sali Mufwene's comments on my 'wanting' posting.

Yes. Aspect is a temporal matter. Your term 'transient duration' is temporal,

whereas my 'tentative' has a non-temporal dimension that motivates the

selection of a verb form indicating 'transient duration'.

And Dennis Preston's "negative expectation" likewise is non-temporal.



Tom Clark's "I try to get a grant" seems to me to be iterative aspect of an

event verb.

             DMLance