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atelic — [ā tē′lik, ātel′ik] adj. Linguis. IMPERFECTIVE: opposed to TELIC (sense 2) … English World dictionary
atelic — adjective Presenting an action or event as being incomplete. Ant: telic … Wiktionary
atelic — atel·ic … English syllables
atelic — (ˈ)ā|telik adjective Etymology: a (II) + telic : imperfective 2 contrasted with telic … Useful english dictionary
atelic aspect — См. aspetto imperfettivo … Пятиязычный словарь лингвистических терминов
Telicity — In linguistics, telicity is the property of a verb or verb phrase that presents an action or event as being complete in some sense. A verb or verb phrase with this property is said to be telic , while a verb or verb phrase that presents an action … Wikipedia
Grammatical aspect — In linguistics, the grammatical aspect of a verb defines the temporal flow (or lack thereof) in the described event or state. For example, in English the difference between I swim and I am swimming is a difference of aspect.Aspect, as discussed… … Wikipedia
Preposition and postposition — Prepositions (or more generally, adpositions, see below) are a grammatically distinct class of words whose most central members characteristically express spatial relations (such as the English words in, under, toward) or serve to mark various… … Wikipedia
Aktionsart — The aktionsart (pronounced|ʔakˈʦi̯oːnsˌʔaɐ̯t, plural aktionsarten IPA| [ʔakˈʦi̯oːnsˌʔaɐ̯tn̩] ) or lexical aspect of a verb is a part of the way in which that verb is structured in relation to time. Any event, state, process, or action a verb… … Wikipedia
Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben — The Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben ( LIV , Lexicon of the Indo European Verbs ) is an etymological dictionary of the Proto Indo European verb. The first edition appeared in 1998, edited by Helmut Rix. A second edition (ISBN 3 89500 219 4)… … Wikipedia
