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  • 10 - Aspect in Verbs

  • from Part 2 - Inflectional and Derivational Morphology
  • Edited by Danko Šipka, Arizona State University, Wayles Browne, Cornell University, New York
  • Book:
    The Cambridge Handbook of Slavic Linguistics
    Published online:
    16 May 2024
    Print publication:
    23 May 2024, pp 211-233

  • Summary

    This chapter addresses verbal aspect in Slavic languages. It first defines main concepts, such as perfective and imperfective verbs. Next, it outlines the distribution of perfective and imperfective verbs in the following situations: states, activities, accomplishments, achievements, and semelfactiveness. The chapter then presents usage types of verbal aspect in Slavic languages, differentiating the western and the eastern types. The next section discusses verbal aspect in a diachronic perspective. The final section of this chapter outlines current lines of research in the field of Slavic verb aspect.