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lexical aspect

lexical aspect noun: a property of verbs and other predicates indicating internal temporal nature; aktionsart.

Noun

lexical aspect (plural lexical aspects)

  1. A property of verbs and other predicates indicating internal temporal nature; aktionsart.
    • Within the framework of a distinction between grammatical and lexical aspect, the category grammatical aspect, which is usually realized in the morphology of the verb, includes the imperfective and the perfective aspect, whereas the lexical aspect concerns the situation types (Aktionsarten) of the...2014, Barbara Meisterernst, Tense and Aspect in Han Period Chinese, page 15

Forms of lexical aspect

plurallexical aspects

Questions about lexical aspect

What does lexical aspect mean?
Lexical aspect means a property of verbs and other predicates indicating internal temporal nature; aktionsart.
What part of speech is lexical aspect?
Lexical aspect is a noun.
What is the plural of lexical aspect?
The plural of lexical aspect is lexical aspects.

Words near lexical aspect in the dictionary

  1. lexical
  2. lexical analyses
  3. lexical analysis
  4. lexical analyzer
  5. lexical analyzers
  6. lexical aspect
  7. lexical aspects
  8. lexical bundle
  9. lexical bundles
  10. lexical categories
  11. lexical category

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