Bats is a Caucasian language which distinguishes between accidental action and intentional action. The Baltic-Finnic languages distinguish between telic, or an action which has succeeded, and atelic,* or an action which has not. Three exist in Ancient Greek, one of which corresponds to its own tense, and two of which may be expressed in the present, past, or future tenses.
Bats is a Caucasian language which distinguishes between accidental action and intentional action. The Baltic-Finnic languages distinguish between telic, or an action which has succeeded, and atelic,* or an action which has not. Three exist in Ancient Greek, one of which corresponds to its own tense, and two of which may be expressed in the present, past, or future tenses. In Slavic languages, it is expressed lexically, with different verbs expressing either the perfective or the imperfective. FTP, what is this verbal inflection which, distinct from tense, may express the completion, frequency, or success?
Bats is a Caucasian language which distinguishes between accidental action and intentional action.
Verbal Aspect or Grammatical Aspect or Linguistic Aspect