Situation Aspect as a Universal Aspect

Implications for Artificial Languages

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ID19527049
AuthorsZhonghua Xiao (0009-0001-6911-3682), Anthony McEnery
Year2002
Volume3
Issue2
Pages139-177
Publication date2002-09-30
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Universal Language (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1598-6381 • E-ISSN: 2508-5344
PublisherSejong University Language Research Institute (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.22425/jul.2002.3.2.139
OpenAlexW112500186
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited17

Aspect, as one of the elements of verb mechanics, has been over- looked by many language designers. This paper argues that an artificial language, designed as a universal language for international communication, should incorporate the “universal" component of aspect found cross-linguistically in natural languages. In doing so, the paper develops a two-level model of situation aspect in which situation aspect is modelled as verb classes at the lexical level and as situation types at the sentential level. With a framework consisting of a lexicon, a layered clause structure and a set of mapping rules, the model is developed and tested using an English corpus and a Chinese corpus

Lexicon · Linguistics · Natural language processing · Programming language · Verb · Computer Science · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Natural Language Processing Techniques · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation · Artificial Intelligence

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