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Philatelic
Philatelic Phil`a*tel"ic, a. Of or pertaining to philately.

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- describes is not heading for any particular endpoint, it is said to be atelic. One common way to gauge whether an English verb phrase is telic is to see...
- activities are atelic (that is, have no "terminal point") whereas accomplishments are telic. Of the punctual verbs, semelfactives are atelic, and achievements...
- structure) and atelic (not having a goal). However, Kearns notes there is no consensus on whether semelfactives should be considered telic or atelic. Kearns...
- into telic and atelic. Telic prepositional phrases imply movement all the way to the endpoint ("she ran to the fence"), while atelic ones do not ("she...
- contrast of telicity between telic and atelic. Telic sentences signal that the intended goal of an action is achieved. Atelic sentences do not signal whether...
- (completed) vs. imperfective (uncompleted), telic (reaching a goal) vs. atelic, continuing, repeated, and commencing. However, despite this complexity...
- having the secondary function of signalling atelic aspect, it has itself arisen as a side-effect of an atelic aspect marker. Antip****ive constructions Accessed...
- todo list items. He brings up philosopher Kieran Setiya’s concept of an "atelic activity", an activity for which "its value isn’t derived from its telos...
- of books", sata kirjaa "hundred books" as an irresultative object.) For atelic actions (possibly incomplete) and ongoing processes: "luen kirjaa" → "I'm...
- Peter-ABS go.out-3sg/IND "Peter is going out" However, if a sentence with an atelic verbal phrase is embedded within the context of a past-time narrative, it...