The article deals with the semantic scope of the periphrastic construction hålla på + infinitive and its functioning in various types of contexts. This construction with a relatively low level of grammaticalization and broad as pectual-actional semantics of limited duration is mainly used with telic verbs and expresses a moment or part of an action at which its limit (result) has Cnot yet been reached.
Chekalina Elena. THE SWEDISH ASPECTUAL PERIPHRASTIC CONSTRUCTION HÅLLA PÅ + INFINITIVE