Concept: event [PR]

Definition

PRIMITIVE

Comments

Another common term for "event" is "situation" (e.g. Comrie 1976). The use of "event" as a cover term for both stative and dynamic situations here follows (Croft 2022).

Croft's comparative concept

event (SEM):

event (a.k.a. eventuality, situation, SOA, state of affairs) (SEM) = a superordinate category including both action concepts and state concepts. The term ‘event’ has other meanings, including what we call a telic event. Other terms listed above are also used for ‘event’ as it is defined here. (Sections 2.1, 6.1.1)

Quotation

"Event: An action or a state and the participants in that action or state. In formal semantics, this concept is instead referred to with the term “eventuality” (and the term “event” denotes an action, specifically excluding states), but this textbook uses the term “event” to cover both actions and states." (Diercks et al. 2025: 568)

Sources

Croft 2022; Comrie 1976; Diercks et al. 2025