「た」と継続状態の「ていた」の使い分け : 時間幅と動詞の示す事柄の関係について

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In a sentence that uses "-teita" with a telic verb, if the time width of the sentence is longer than the time duration of the verb, the sentence becomes inadequate, as the verb needs adequate time duration to reach the achievement limit. This is because of the fact that the time width of the verb cannot satisfy the width of the sentence (*I was washing my hands yesterday). When we use "-teita" with an atelic verb, because an achievement point or an endpoint is not shown in the verb itself, we must make the sentence continuation of that movement or the action fill the whole duration of time (*I was running yesterday). In either sentences using telic or atelic verbs, the eligibility degree increases when the starting point or the endpoint of the duration is expressed.
2010-03-27