Actuality Entailments

Abstract

The term “actuality entailment” was coined by Rajesh Bhatt to describe theimplicativeinference that arises whenability modalscombine withperfective aspect. This chapter investigates the nature of this inference and the contributions of aspect and modality, by surveying the environments in which it is found. Prior to Bhatt's work, the literatures on aspect and modality were largely independent of each other. While some investigated whether certain aspects involve a modal component, very little work examined theinteractionof distinct aspectual and modal operators. As actuality entailments question core assumptions about aspect and modality, their investigation has led to a fruitful reassessment and better understanding of both.

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