Anatomy of Hungarian aspectual particles
The paper explores a common core of meaning that various aspectual adverbials in Hungarian (including megint,
ismét ‘again’, még ‘still’) share. It is proposed that there is a general definition for
various aspectual elements related to times and events. We suggest that some components of those elements, including the
scalar argument and the focus set, can vary – and this results in the different specific meanings. We assume that meaning is
compositional and also address the complex form mégis ‘(concessive) still’ and other elements that appear to
be synonymous with mégis.
Article outline
- 1.Overview
- 2.
Még
- 2.1Temporal még
- 2.2Comparative még
- 2.3Marginality még
- 2.4Additive még
- 3.Templatic meaning
- 4.Concessive mégis and additives
- 5.Other accounts
- 6.Extensions and summary
- 6.1Repetitives
- 6.2Crosslinguistic patterns
- 6.3Summary
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Acknowledgements
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Notes
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References
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