The works hop “Syntax, Semantics, and Pragmatics of Aspect A cross Modalities” wants to discuss recent advances in the research on inner and outer aspects and th eir interaction. This workshop will take place at the 13th International Tbil isi Symposium on Language, Logic and Computation.
\nIt is commonly assumed in both semantics and syntax that there is a disti nction between inner aspect (lexical or predicatio nal aspect) and outer aspect (grammatical aspect) (e.g. Smith 1991/97; Cinque 1999; Travis 2010 for spoken languages; Bross 2018 for sign languages). Inner aspect pertains to the distinction between t elic and atelic predicates at the level of the VP (the verb and its argument(s)), and the compositio nal derivation of telicity, going back to works by Verkuyl (1972) and Krifka (1989). Outer aspect, o n the other hand, is concerned with, e.g., imperfe ctive (IPF) and perfective (PF) verb forms that ar e associated with (im)perfective meanings in finit e sentences (see, e.g., Klein 1994). At the same t ime both levels of aspect interact, with grammatic al aspect commonly taken to operate on the level o f inner aspect (see, e.g., de Swart 1998 for an ea rly treatment of this interaction). The workshop “ Syntax, Semantics, and Pragmatics of Aspect Across Modalities” wants to discuss recent advances in t he research on inner and outer aspects and their i nteraction.
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