Table of contents:
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I. Theory
- I. Language and Reality
- II. Predicational Bidimensionality
- III. Multipartite Actions and the Pulse Theory of Actional Energy
- IV. Verbal Velocities and the Classification of Verbs
- V. Predicational Time and the Present
- VI. Non-Present Actions and Aspect
- Excursus
- VII. Aspectual Contrasts
- Excursus
- VIII. Actional Types and Partial Actions
- IX. Multiple Actions
- X. The Perfect
- XI. Aspect and Predicational Types
- XII. Summary
- Part II. Application
- I. The Use of Gothic Aspect
- 1. Gothic, Greek, and Slavic
- 2. Tense
- 3. Imperatives and Subjunctives of Command
- 4. Participles
- 5. Passive Voice
- 6. Negative Reports
- II. Aspect and Predicational Types in Gothic
- 1. Punctuals
- 2. Strong Processives
- 3. Moderate Processives
- 4. Weak Processives
- 5. Statals
- 6. Multiple Type Verbs
- 7. Problems and Special Cases
- III. Gothic Point-Oriented Compounds
- Afterword
- Bibliography
- Index of Gothic Verbs
- General Index
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I. Theory
- I. Language and Reality
- II. Predicational Bidimensionality
- III. Multipartite Actions and the Pulse Theory of Actional Energy
- IV. Verbal Velocities and the Classification of Verbs
- V. Predicational Time and the Present
- VI. Non-Present Actions and Aspect
- Excursus
- VII. Aspectual Contrasts
- Excursus
- VIII. Actional Types and Partial Actions
- IX. Multiple Actions
- X. The Perfect
- XI. Aspect and Predicational Types
- XII. Summary
- Part II. Application
- I. The Use of Gothic Aspect
- 1. Gothic, Greek, and Slavic
- 2. Tense
- 3. Imperatives and Subjunctives of Command
- 4. Participles
- 5. Passive Voice
- 6. Negative Reports
- II. Aspect and Predicational Types in Gothic
- 1. Punctuals
- 2. Strong Processives
- 3. Moderate Processives
- 4. Weak Processives
- 5. Statals
- 6. Multiple Type Verbs
- 7. Problems and Special Cases
- III. Gothic Point-Oriented Compounds
- Afterword
- Bibliography
- Index of Gothic Verbs
- General Index
