tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Aug 02 22:04:03 1999
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Re: Aspect (was RE: KLBC-Fr.)
- From: [email protected]
- Subject: Re: Aspect (was RE: KLBC-Fr.)
- Date: Tue, 3 Aug 1999 01:03:22 EDT
In a message dated 7/31/1999 7:20:12 AM US Mountain Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:
<< > Because perfective cannot
> apply to a partially completed state (event), neither {-ta'} nor {-pu'} can
> apply.
Partially? peHruS, a state is not a process. It's binary. On or off. 0
or 1 >>
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Actually, we have agreed completely on this point. I, too, am saying that
perfective cannot apply to a partially completed state. The state cannot be
partial. The state is either on or off, agreed. Perfective must apply only
to a whole event; that is precisely why it cannot apply to a partial event.
peHruS