Re[2]: [tied] Re: IE thematic presents and the origin of their them

At 8:00:52 PM on Thursday, September 15, 2005, Patrick Ryan
wrote:

> From: "nathrao" <nathrao@...>

>> However, "I carried it home", which is "terminative" (or
>> accomplishment in Vendler's terminology) and "I carried
>> it" show no difference in morphology. If 'durative' vs
>> 'punctual' was a basic, compulsory distinction, I would
>> expect some morphological marker to distinguish the two.

> I do not know how other native English speakers will
> respond to your assertion but, to me, "I carried it home"
> describes the process rather than the termination of it.

'I carried it home' implies the termination and happens to
identify the process.

Brian