module: aspect

Instance ImperfectiveAspect


Class:

        AspectFeature
 
       

Entails:

        AnyAspect
 
       
 

Entailed By:

  1. QuantificationalAspect
  2. PhasalAspect
 

Class Documentation:

A viewpoint aspect which encodes the speaker’s lack of attention to the endpoints of the situation referred to. Imperfective aspect is the prototypical mode of presentation for states. (Michaelis 1998:xiv) 

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