Replication Data for: Seeing from without, seeing from within: aspectual differences between Spanish and Russian

This is the data that serves as the basis for an article comparing the grammatical category of aspect in Spanish and Russian. Here is the abstract of the article: Linguistic categories such as aspect are not identical across languages, and cross-linguistic differences can reveal differences in construal and conceptual categorization, which are key concepts in cognitive linguistics. Spanish-Russian parallel data diverge in situations where Spanish uses a Perfective Past tense form, while the Russian translation equivalent is an Imperfective Past tense form. We classify examples of aspectual mismatch according to grammatical constructions and language-specific facts. We find this mismatch in contexts with overt expression of time periods, as well as situations in which a final temporal boundary either is expressed or can be inferred. We interpret this in terms of a difference in conceptualization: Spanish has a tendency to view time periods from without, interpreting them as bounded and thus Perfective, whereas Russian has a tendency to view time periods from within, interpreting them on the basis of their duration without reference to their boundaries and thus Imperfective.

本数据集为一篇对比西班牙语与俄语语法体（aspect）范畴的学术论文提供了核心支撑数据。该论文的摘要如下：诸如体在内的语言范畴在不同语言中并不完全等同，跨语言差异可揭示识解与概念范畴化的差异——这二者均为认知语言学的核心概念。西语-俄语平行语料存在如下差异场景：当西班牙语使用完成体过去时形式时，其俄语对应译文却采用未完成体过去时形式。我们依据语法结构与语言专属特征，对体范畴不匹配的实例进行了分类。我们发现，此类体范畴不匹配现象既出现于时间段被明确表述的语境中，也存在于最终时间边界被明确标注或可推导的场景中。我们从概念化差异的视角对此展开阐释：西班牙语倾向于从外部视角审视时间段，将其视作有界实体，因此选用完成体；而俄语则倾向于从内部视角审视时间段，仅依据其持续时长进行解读而不涉及边界问题，因此选用未完成体。