On Semantics of Some Verbal Categories in English 
Eva HaJi6ov~, Prague 
An attempt is made at such a description of the 
semantics of some verbal categories that would fit in the 
functional type of generative description of language as 
proposed by Sgall. In most analyses of the. relationship 
between the morphemic verbal forms and their temporal mean- 
ings that have been made in this sphere up to now, the 
schemas employed proceed in two directions, that of temp- 
oral specification (Past - Present - Future) and temporal 
relationship (Anterior - Simultaneous - Posterior), cf.for 
instance survey of these approaches given by R.L.AIIen, 
The Verb System of Present-Day American English, The Haag, 
1966. Our investigation of the meanings the verbal forms 
convey has led us, however, to the recognition of st least 
two other categories at the level of the semantic structure 
of the sentence besides those mentioned above and besides 
the additional indication in some forms concerning the time 
extension of the event (Immediate - Extended), namely that 
of Inclusiveness (Inclusive - Noninclusive) and Aspect (Re- 
sultetive - Completed - Processual). 
The status of these categories will be discussed and 
illustrated on English examples, as we~l as some remarks 
will be added concerning the possible application of our 
investigations (when confronted with Czech) in the work on 
the problems of machine translation. 
