Zeno Vendler

Zeno Vendler was a notable philosopher who contributed to the fields of modality and formal semantics, which study meanings and the nature of possibility. He is known for his work on the categorization of verbs, distinguishing between different types of actions, such as states, activities, accomplishments, and achievements. This classification helps us understand how language expresses time and aspect in actions. Vendler's insights clarify how we talk about what could happen, what must happen, and how events unfold in language, influencing both linguistic theory and our understanding of meaning in natural language.