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imperfective paradox: a standalone construct

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Semantics

puzzle that a progressive sentence about an accomplishment can be true even though the completed event it describes never comes about.

In semantics, imperfective paradox refers to puzzle that a progressive sentence about an accomplishment can be true even though the completed event it describes never comes about. This meaning comes from Dowty (1977) in Linguistics and Philosophy.[1]

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References

Dowty, D. R. (1977). Toward a semantic analysis of verb aspect and the English ?imperfective? progressive. Linguistics and Philosophy, 1(1), 45-77. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00351936

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