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  • ==Perfective vs. imperfective aspect in English== The opposition between [[perfective|perfective aspect]] and [[imperfective aspect]] is one of the most important aspectual distinctions encoded in nat
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  • In many languages, generic sentences are in the simple present tense or the imperfective aspect.
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  • The habitual aspect is a subcategory of the [[imperfective aspect]]. It must be distinguished from the [[iterative aspect]]. While ''' Some Languages have imperfective forms which can unambiguously be interpreted as '''exclusively habitual'''.
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  • [[continuous aspect]] -- [[habitual aspect]] -- [[imperfective aspect]] -- [[perfective aspect]] -- [[progressive aspect]]
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  • ...ip between TSit and TT. There are four possibilities: incl ('included in', imperfective), at ('partly included', perfective), after (perfect) and before (prospecti |imperfective || was sleeping || is sleeping || will be sleeping
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  • ...perfective aspect''' is a category of [[aspect]] that contrasts with the [[imperfective aspect]].
    2 KB (380 words) - 14:34, 10 February 2010
  • ..., D. R. 1977. ''Toward a semantic analysis of verb aspect and the English 'imperfective progressive' ''. Linguistics and Philosophy. 1: 45-78.
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  • ** '''resultative''' = imperfective/perfective gerund + resultative participle of ''-iči-'' ("be located") + " ** '''perfective''' (completive) and '''imperfective''' (durative) '''converbs''' are identical to the past unwitnessed and pres
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