摘要：This paper is concerned with the interpretation of the so-called bi-aspectual verbs in contemporary Czech. In the first part,a theoretical account of bi-aspectual verbs in the aspectual system of Czech is introduced and three main areas of the research of bi-aspectual verbs are identified: (1) formation of bi-aspectual verbs,(2) mono-aspectualization process,(3) functioning of bi-aspectual verbs. In the second part of the paper,a simple but efficient method for the analysis of the interpretation of (borrowed) bi-aspectual verbs and a pilot experiment on the interpretation of Czech bi-aspectual verbs are presented. It has been found that the tense of the verb is a very strong factor which influences the interpretation of bi-aspectual verbs: there is a significant tendency to interpret present tense form as imperfective and past tense form a perfective. There are other factors which play an important role in the interpretation of the bi-aspectual verbs. Based on the results,we suggest that these are (at least) semantics of the verb (i.e. the difference durative vs. instantaneous) and subject number..
