The aspectual system of Greek. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Notice that the aspectual nuance varies with the kind of verb. From Wordnik.com. [On liking] Reference
In British English, an aspectual distinction is usually involved. From Wordnik.com. [On boilt] Reference
It seems to fill a lot of the aspectual functions: already, still, yet, etc. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: MISSING WORDS.] Reference
Some authors introduce aspectual considerations into the taxonomy, drawing on Aristotle's distinction between Energeia and. From Wordnik.com. [Events] Reference
With conscious states of mind, Searle says, their phenomenal or subjective character determines their ˜aspectual shape.™. From Wordnik.com. [Consciousness and Intentionality] Reference
L are likely to have produced the attrition of inflections in the NP and the acquisition of aspectual distinctions in the VP. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: FREE HIGHBEAM TRIAL.] Reference
The idea is that the norm is for verbs to be used in both ways, with the appropriate change in aspectual meaning taking place. From Wordnik.com. [On liking being] Reference
It seems that Hartmann's dualities simply had to be taken on trust whereas to Dooyeweerd they can be accounted for as aspectual echoes. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-11-01] Reference
So let's remodel the above into a new, purely aspectual system which might better account for everything, including Anatolian this time. From Wordnik.com. [The active-stative mess] Reference
But "has recalled" in C seems unwarranted or at least it seems to include a misplaced or gratuitous marking of aspect, if we want to preserve the tense and aspectual structure of A. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: CONFUSED.] Reference
IEists for example volley terms about like "aorist" (aspectual or tensal?) and "markedness" (phonetic or inflectional?) within a variety of sometimes contradictory contexts and it's important to recognize the shades of subtlety. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-05-01] Reference
Later, as the system settled into a new tensual contrast, any aspectual distinctions between the mi-class and hi-class dissolved since the only thing that mattered now, grammatically speaking, was past and present-future (ie. when an action occurred), not the aspect (ie. how an action occurred). From Wordnik.com. [Looking for a simple origin to Hittite's hi-class preterite] Reference
If I am asked to explain why I accept try it out and reject check it out (although I have wild surmises, both psychiatric and aspectual), I can only, with Col. Sanders, chicken out. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol V No 4] Reference
This is especially clear when we note that Moulton regularly uses the present aspectual terminology in reference to those verbs which are derived from the affixation of a preposition. From Wordnik.com. [Ancient Hebrew Poetry] Reference
The entry in the "Grammar" section has not been completed yet, but for now, I would say that the è¿ ‡ (guo4) in that sentence is an "aspectual participle" which indicates that the action (ie. 去 qu4) is in the past. From Wordnik.com. [Learn Chinese - ChinesePod] Reference
Plato would have found a model for his complex account of the various and seemingly conflicting properties of the One in the two majors phases of Parmenides 'poem, if he, too, subscribed to an “aspectual” interpretation of Parmenides, according to which the Way of Conviction describes the cosmos in its intelligible aspect qua being, while allowing that this description is compatible with an alternate description of this self-same entity as a world system comprised of differentiated and changing objects. From Wordnik.com. [Parmenides] Reference
A subjective-objective system (as in Uralic and according to Bomhard is very "transitivish" without being overtly so, yet still exhibiting some of the aspectual differences (cf. From Wordnik.com. [Thoughts on the early Indo-European subjunctive 1ps ending] Reference
And the final "as" is aspectual. From Wordnik.com. [Notes, "Strange Affinities: A Partial Return to Wordsworthian Poetics After Modernism", Romanticism and Contemporary Poetry and Poetics] Reference
It ends in an aspectual marker -aś. From Wordnik.com. [Liber Linteus and religious formulae, part 1] Reference
Responsibility for 'caring' (aspectual shape). From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
Cf another aspectual particle -- äº † le -- which can indicate a past action (in a slightly different way from è¿ ‡ guo4ï¼ › here the äº † -- le -- merely indicates that the action 去 -- qu4 -- has been completed): æˆ'åƒå¾ˆå¤šä¸å › ½èœ ï¼ wo3 chi1 hen3duo1 zhong1guo2 cai4 = I eat a lot of Chinese food. æˆ'åƒäº † 很多ä¸å › ½èœ = wo3 chi1le hen3duo1 zhong1guo2cai4. From Wordnik.com. [Learn Chinese - ChinesePod] Reference
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