Scalar complexity and the structure of events

John Beavers

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In this paper I examine the aspectual behavior of dynamic predicates, i.e. predicates that involve some “change ” or potential change in one participant, including change-of-state, motion, and consumption/destruction predicates. I focus on the factors governing durativity in dynamic predicates, which I

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