The development of reduplicated perfects with built in punctual meaning directly out of a "stative" requires the brunt of explanation. From Wordnik.com. [New thought: A 2D matrix of eventive/non-eventive and subjective/objective] Reference
Is an active-stative or subjective-objective syste. From Wordnik.com. [The PIE and Pre-PIE pronominal system from the perspective of a wave model] Reference
My niece introduced me to the word ‘stative’ in a discussion of 5. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Hisself, My Son, and a Thought About Prescriptivism:] Reference
But the stative adjective use is hard to get: The gate is opened at the moment is decidedly odd. From Wordnik.com. [Understanding Openness] Reference
Is an active-stative or subjective-objective system more appropriate for earliest Common Proto-IE. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-08-01] Reference
If only I can somehow tie active-stative contrasts in with animacy, I can finally get to work on Indo-Aegean. From Wordnik.com. [Thoughts on the early Indo-European subjunctive 1ps ending] Reference
If ‘stative’ is a grammatical concept following usage, then the work ‘love’ is shifting its category. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Hisself, My Son, and a Thought About Prescriptivism:] Reference
Does this mean that the simple CoC- construct remained the preferred resultative-stative form until after PIE?. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-05-01] Reference
Paleoglot: Is an active-stative or subjective-objective system more appropriate for earliest Common Proto-IE skip to main. From Wordnik.com. [Is an active-stative or subjective-objective system more appropriate for earliest Common Proto-IE] Reference
One nearly always prefixes single-syllable stative verbs with a 很 or 挺 (in Mandarin - Cantonese uses 好 almost exclusively. From Wordnik.com. [On long time no see] Reference
Also, the use of the continuous can change what we might normally think of as a stative verb into a dynamic one, with consequent change in meaning. From Wordnik.com. [C is for Corpus « An A-Z of ELT] Reference
'I have spent many years teaching students the difference between stative and dynamic verbs and telling them they can't use stative ones in the continuous. From Wordnik.com. [On liking being] Reference
After the first song he took the microphone of the guitarist, but it was wrapped around the stative and when it didn't came off quickly enough he got more irritated. From Wordnik.com. [The Fall] Reference
Thus a natural rift would grow over time between the inflection of resultative verbs and of stative verbs within the originally united category of completive aspect. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-05-01] Reference
They always, after sacrifice, carefully inspected the livers of those animals fed on that spot whereon the city was to be built, or whereon a stative encampment was intended. From Wordnik.com. [Let the kids decide] Reference
There is a group of verbs, moreover, that have two lexical roots, both referring to the same verbal concept, yet one representing its active aspect, and one representing its stative aspect. From Wordnik.com. [The active-stative mess] Reference
Is the mi-class/hi-class division found in Hittite to be understood as a derivative of this aforementioned two-fold system whereby the inherited hi-class verbs are largely either punctual or stative in nature?. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-05-01] Reference
Yet before listing off some examples of active-stative verb pairs, she shares in the same paragraph: In addition, Indo-European languages display residues of a lexical distinction between active and stative verbs. From Wordnik.com. [The active-stative mess] Reference
"Want" is a stative verb, and as such is rarely used in progressive forms. great article glen, but I disagree in two points. From Wordnik.com. [Netvouz - new bookmarks] Reference
Burnswark in Annandale, may be clearer, doubtless, because they are stative forts, whereas this was only an occasional encampment. From Wordnik.com. [The Antiquary] Reference
1 Notice that she rightly identifies 'to be' as a stative verb here. From Wordnik.com. [The active-stative mess] Reference
My understanding was that stative verbs aren’t usually used in the continuous form, (and yes, I know there are a few exceptions). From Wordnik.com. [C is for Corpus « An A-Z of ELT] Reference
Why, the great station at Ardoch, or that at Burnswark in Annandale, may be clearer, doubtless, because they are stative forts, whereas this was only an occasional encampment. From Wordnik.com. [The Antiquary — Complete] Reference
Why, the great station at Ardoch, or that at Burnswark in Annandale, may be clearer, doubtless, because they are stative forts, whereas this was only an occasional encampment. From Wordnik.com. [The Antiquary] Reference
Paleoglot: The active-stative mess skip to main. From Wordnik.com. [The active-stative mess] Reference
It's also seems to be an active-stative language. From Wordnik.com. [Etruscan Dictionary Draft 002 now available] Reference
The active-stative mess. From Wordnik.com. [The PIE and Pre-PIE pronominal system from the perspective of a wave model] Reference
A stative verb. From Wordnik.com. [ Composition] Reference
~ ") rather than as a stative verb. From Wordnik.com. [Popular Posts Across MetaFilter] Reference
‣ subjective non-eventive → perfect-stative. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-09-01] Reference
Adjective, language log, lexeme, openness, stative comments. From Wordnik.com. [Understanding Openness] Reference
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