Continuous vs. Repetitive inflection in ASL

[Susan Fischer]

I think I was probably the first person to write about continuative vs.
 iterative
aspect in ASL.  I argued that there was an interaction between the continuous
inflection and the semantics of the verb, so that
if you did READ[+continuative], it could mean that you read the same thing for a
long time; if you did KILL[+continuative], it would have to mean iteration,
 since
KILL is inherently punctual while READ is inherently durative.  The reference
 is:
Fischer, Susan (1973) Two processes of reduplication in the American Sign
 Language.
Foundations of Language, 9: 469-480.


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