Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.17234/Croatica.66.5
ASPECTUALLY DEFECTIVE VERBS IN THE CROATIAN LANGUAGE
Jurica Polančec
orcid.org/0000-0002-8454-8844
; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
The paper proposes a classification of aspectually defective verbs in the Croatian language. Defectivity is taken to have canonical and non-canonical manifestations. Canonical manifestations are the cases of defectivity that are not disputed in literature, while non-canonical manifestations include the verbs or verb groupings for which there is disagreement among different authors whether they are defective or not. Aspectual defectiveness is divided into two broad types, morphological (absolute) and semantic (partial). Morphological mismatch is represented by the traditional groups of imperfectiva tantum and perfectiva tantum. Semantic defectiveness describes the cases in which there is a complete or partial mismatch of meaning between two derivationally related verbs of opposite aspect.
Keywords
verbal aspect; aspectual pairs; aspectual defectiveness; Croatian language
Hrčak ID:
287150
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Publication date:
13.12.2022.
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