?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=A+NEW+COGNITIVE+FRAMEWORK+FOR+RUSSIAN+ASPECT&rft.creator=Kravchenko%2C+Prof.+Alexander&rft.subject=Morphology&rft.description=The+validity+of+the+traditional+approach+to+the+semantics+of+verbal+aspect+in+Russian+based+on+the+features+%E2%80%9Cboundedness%E2%80%9D+and+%E2%80%9Ctotality%E2%80%9D+is+questioned.+It+is+argued+that+these+features+are+not+in-herent+in+the+meaning+of+all+perfective+verbs+and+cannot+be+regarded+as+the+semantic+invariant+of+aspectuality.+A+different+approach+is+suggested%2C+based+on+the+analysis+of+morphological+and+syn-tactic+evidence+and+on+the+assumption+that+the+cognitive+function+of+grammar+is+to+categorize+relevant+human+experience.+It+is+shown+that+aspectual+oppositions+reflect+the+different+cognitive+statuses+of+the+events+expressed+by+paired+verb+lexemes%3A+observed+events+are+categorized+in+the+form+of+aspectually+marked+verbs%2C+whereas+aspectually+unmarked+verbs+categorize+events+without+reference+to+observation.+The+grammatical+meaning+of+aspect+is+defined+as++indication+to+the+source+of+information+about+the+event++which+can+be+definite+(based+on+observation)%2C+or+indefinite+(based+on+speaker%E2%80%99s+knowledge)%2C+and+has+little+to+do+with+%E2%80%9Cboundedness%E2%80%9D+or+%E2%80%9Ctotality%E2%80%9D.+The+sug-gested+analysis+is+consistent+with+the+central+claim+of+autopoiesis+as+the+theory+of+the+living%3A+%22Eve-rything+said+is+said+by+an+observer+to+another+observer%22.&rft.contributor=Karlsson%2C+Prof.+Fred&rft.date=2004&rft.type=Conference+Paper&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4000%2F1%2FRussianAspect.pdf&rft.identifier=++Kravchenko%2C+Prof.+Alexander++(2004)+A+NEW+COGNITIVE+FRAMEWORK+FOR+RUSSIAN+ASPECT.++%5BConference+Paper%5D++++(In+Press)++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4000%2F