Delimitative_aspect

Delimitative aspect

Delimitative aspect

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The delimitative aspect is a grammatical aspect that indicates that a situation lasts only a certain amount of time.[1] It is sometimes called durative aspect.[citation needed]

In Polish, stałem i gadałem 'I stood and chatted' contrasts with postałem i pogadałem 'I stood and chatted for a while' (the prefix po- marking the delimitative aspect in this example).

Delimitative aspect in Chinese is often marked by reduplication of the verb. For details see Chinese grammar§Aspects.

References

  1. [1]
    Dickey, Stephen M. (2007). "A prototype account of the development of delimitative po- in Russian". In Divjak, Dagmar; Kochańska, Agata (eds.). Cognitive Paths into the Slavic Domain. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter. pp. 329–373. doi:10.1515/9783110198799.4.329. ISBN 978-3-11-019620-7.


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