Aspectual Properties of the Verb vidjeti (see) and gledati (watch) in Croatian Language

• Main Author: Marica Čilaš Mikulić
• Format: Article
• Language: Croatian
• Published: Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje 2014-01-01
• Series: Rasprave: Časopis Instituta za Hrvatski Jezik i Jezikoslovlje
• Subjects: verbal aspect; lexical aspect; verbs of perception
• Online Access: http://hrcak.srce.hr/file/189211

The article discusses some of the meanings of perceptual verbs <i>vidjeti</i> (<i>to see</i>) and <i>gledati</i> (<i>to watch</i>) in Croatian language and their aspectual characteristics. The verb <i>vidjeti</i> in its meanings of physical perception works as prototypical perfective and as a prototypical and non-prototypical imperfective verb in a sentence. The verb <i>gledati</i> in its meaning of physical perception works in the sentence as a imperfective verb, while its aspectual counterpart <i>pogledati</i> works as a prototypical and as non-prototypical perfective verb, depending on the meaning.