module: aspect

Instance IterativeAspect


Class:

        AspectFeature
 
       

Entails:

        QuantificationalAspect
 
       
 

Entailed By:

 

Class Documentation:

  1. IterativeAspect, also called repetitives, encodes a number of events of the same type that are repeated on a particular occasion. The time interval which is relevant to the iterative is relatively shorter than in the case of the habitual (Bybee 1985: 150; Bybee, Perkins and Pagliuca 1994: 127). {en}
  2. Portrays events repeated on the same occasion (like the iterative knocking on the door). (Bhat 1999: 53)
 

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