<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Amalia Moser</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The Greek forms in -ontas: a study in 'converbiality', temporality and aspectuality</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Glossologia</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2006</style></year></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://glossologia.phil.uoa.gr/sites/default/files/Moser.pdf</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">17</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">51-64</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;div class=&quot;page&quot;&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;layoutArea&quot;&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;column&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;This article &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;argues that the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;forms in -&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;ontas, labeled &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;participles&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;or &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;gerunds in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;literature &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;are &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;in reality &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;verbal&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;adverbs or &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;converbs. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;This hypothesis is &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;tested &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;on &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;the basis &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;cross- &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;linguistic criteria &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;proposed &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Ηaspelmath &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;amp; Κönig &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;(eds., &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;1995). &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Special emphasis &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;is &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;placed on finiteness, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;which creates &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;problems &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;for &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;these &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;forms &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;if &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;defined in terms &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;of agreement &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;tense/aspect specification. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Ιt is shown that the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;forms &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;are &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;specified &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;for both &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;aspect&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;relative &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;tense, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;but &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;it &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;is &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;argued &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;that this &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;does &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;not &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;prevent &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;them from being non-finite; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;on a scale of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;finiteness &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;they would in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;fact be &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;placed &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;at a rather &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;low point both within &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Greek &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;cross-lin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;guisticalΙy&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;and this &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;not only allows &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;them &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;be &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;categorized &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;as &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;converbs, given &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;that they &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;meet &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;aΙl &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;the other &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;criteria, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;but &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;places &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;them among the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;prototypical &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;exponents &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;the category.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</style></abstract></record></records></xml>