timtak
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I am fine with that.
So why is the dennotation the same (between present perfect and present continuous) in posture verbs?
The denotation of many verbs, in the present perfect and present continuous, such as throwing, stamping, kicking, chewing, spitting, groaning, making, getting up, running, jumping, typing, watching. Watching and having watched are not the same. I might have my eyes shut having watched something, but I must have them open if I am watching.
However, standing, sitting, lying, riding something, leaning, slouching, bending over, bending down, bending out of, holding up ones hand, holding out ones hand, and face gestures too - smiling, frowning, grinning. Perhaps shrugging but perhaps not.
Reflecting and mirroring are pretty much the same as has mirrored, has reflected. Displaying, showing, representing, likewise. Perhaps that is a key. Perhaps "posture verbs" are a subset of "verbs of display/representation" in that the important point, the important denunciated, is that someone is displaying some form, and not that they are getting into that, or moving to that form.
So why is the dennotation the same (between present perfect and present continuous) in posture verbs?
The denotation of many verbs, in the present perfect and present continuous, such as throwing, stamping, kicking, chewing, spitting, groaning, making, getting up, running, jumping, typing, watching. Watching and having watched are not the same. I might have my eyes shut having watched something, but I must have them open if I am watching.
However, standing, sitting, lying, riding something, leaning, slouching, bending over, bending down, bending out of, holding up ones hand, holding out ones hand, and face gestures too - smiling, frowning, grinning. Perhaps shrugging but perhaps not.
Reflecting and mirroring are pretty much the same as has mirrored, has reflected. Displaying, showing, representing, likewise. Perhaps that is a key. Perhaps "posture verbs" are a subset of "verbs of display/representation" in that the important point, the important denunciated, is that someone is displaying some form, and not that they are getting into that, or moving to that form.