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Verbs and Times

Zeno Vendler
- 01 Apr 1957 - 
- Vol. 66, Iss: 2, pp 143
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The time schemata presupposed by various verbs will appear as important constituents of the concepts that prompt us to use those terms the way the authors consistently do and may be used as models of comparison in exploring and clarifying the behavior of any verb whatever.
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This article is published in The Philosophical Review.The article was published on 1957-04-01. It has received 2019 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Contemporary philosophy & Analytic philosophy.

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