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Verbal aspect in the Greek language has been a topic of significant debate in recent scholarship. The majority of scholars now believe that an understanding of verbal aspect is even more important than verb tense (past, present, etc.). Until now, however, there have been few accessible textbooks. In this book, Constantine Campbell investigates the function of verbal aspect within the New...

In this chapter, a definition of verbal aspect is offered and aspect is distinguished from two other important terms—tense and Aktionsart. Following this, the linguistic distinction between semantics and pragmatics is explained and is then applied to aspect, Aktionsart, and tense. While there are various ways of defining verbal aspect, the simplest description is viewpoint. An author or speaker views an action, event, or state either from the outside
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