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Telicity

In linguistics, telicity (/tiːˈlɪsɪti/; from Greek τέλος "end, goal") is the property of a verb or verb phrase that presents an action or event as having a specific endpoint. A verb or verb phrase with this property is said to be telic; if the situation it describes is not heading for any particular endpoint, it is said to be atelic.

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As an aspect

Grammatical aspectInuktitutRussianGermanPirahã
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Defining the relevant notion of "completeness"

VerbsMass nounsGareyAlgebraicManfred Krifka
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Testing for telicity in English

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LinguisticsVerbVerb phrase
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Testing for telicity in English

Defining the relevant notion of "completeness"

As an aspect

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Telicity

Nodes39
Edges38
Triples39
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.051282
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Telicity

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related to Quantization and cumulativity · 14
Telicity → An, Atelic, But, Hence, If John, John, Krifka, Manfred Krifka, Perhaps, Quantization, Suppose, Then, This, Thus
related to As an aspect · 13
Telicity → Czech, Estonian, Finnic, Finnish, German, Hungarian, In Finnish, Inuktitut, Languages, More, Pirahã, Russian, The
related to External links · 8
Telicity → Also, Events, Grammar, ISBN, Krifka, Manfred, Origins, Susan Rothstein
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Telicity → property of an event or event predicate - a telic event has a logical point of completion

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telic atelic verbs events verb also event goal one two around action property phrase endpoint notion towards states expressions definition

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Telicityis aproperty of an event or event predicate - a telic event has a logical point of completion0.90text
Finnishinstance ofLanguages that contrast telic and atelic actions are Pirahã and Finnic languages0.80text
Estonianinstance ofLanguages that contrast telic and atelic actions are Pirahã and Finnic languages0.80text
rakastaainstance ofeven inherently atelic verbs0.80text
Telicityrelated to As an aspectLanguages0.60section
Telicityrelated to As an aspectInuktitut0.60section
Telicityrelated to As an aspectRussian0.60section
Telicityrelated to As an aspectGerman0.60section
Telicityrelated to As an aspectPirahã0.60section
Telicityrelated to As an aspectFinnic0.60section
Telicityrelated to As an aspectFinnish0.60section
Telicityrelated to As an aspectEstonian0.60section

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