perfective aspect (Q14699)
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a term
- perfective
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | perfective aspect |
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grammatical aspect that describes an action viewed as a simple whole, i.e. a unit without interior composition
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A value of Aspect Property assigned to the designated element in the clause when the meaning selected for the clause is that which indicates that the event spoken about is to be viewed as a bounded whole, looked at from outside, without necessarily distinguishing any of its internal structure [Comrie 1976,16ff). Typically, for an aspect value to be labeled as Perfective, the aspectual meaning has to minimally express the perfective viewpoint, although it may additionally express other temporal, aspectual, or modal meanings, or actionality distinctions.@en
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21 August 2021
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свршени вид (Serbian)
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