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This synchronic study presents a new onomasiological, frame-theoretical model for the classification and interpretation of aspect. Contrary to traditional approaches, that differentiate between the grammatical and lexical aspect of the verb and analyze the grammatical aspect within single languages, this study understands aspectuality to be a content category that comprises the lexical aspect and asserts itself across the languages.

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Sarah Dessì Schmid, Universität Tübingen.

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