Abstract
“Aspect” as a grammatical distinction expresses how the event denoted by a verb relates to the flow of time. By analogy, this definition can be extended to address concepts of space, and how the event denoted by a verb relates to the spatial configuration in which the event takes place. While the well-studied temporal aspect is morphosyntactically marked in English, the hypothetical classification of “spatial aspect” is not known to be morphosyntactically marked, but rather is an inherent feature of the verb itself, in that certain verbs select for specific spatial configurations. In this paper, evidence is presented that not only is spatial aspect a valid linguistic categorization, but that there are specific sets of features that surround verbs of different spatial aspects.