-
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...
-
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...
- 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...
- (completed) vs.
imperfective (uncompleted),
telic (reaching a goal) vs.
atelic, continuing, repeated, and commencing. However,
despite this complexity...
- 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...
- 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...
- of books", sata
kirjaa "hundred books" as an
irresultative object.) For
atelic actions (possibly incomplete) and
ongoing processes: "luen kirjaa" → "I'm...
-
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...
