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Inchoative aspect

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to refer to a class of verbs that reflect a change of state; e. g., "John aged" or "The fog cleared". This usage bears little or no relationship to the aspectual usage described above.
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meaning approximately "Let's get going!". Certain other verbs can be marked for the inchoative aspect with the prefix
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Loos, Eugene E.; Susan Anderson; Dwight H. Day, Jr.; Paul C. Jordan; J. Douglas Wingate.
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Loos, Eugene E.; Susan Anderson; Dwight H. Day, Jr.; Paul C. Jordan; J. Douglas Wingate.
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or European derived languages with high percentage of Latin-based words like
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In Latin, the inchoative aspect was marked with the infix
213:"he started crying"). Similar behavior is observed in 208: 197: 186: 175: 164: 153: 142: 131: 120: 525: 500: 479: 411: 87:Since inchoative is a grammatical aspect and not a 283: 277: 268: 548:Lexical aspects. Grammatical aspects unmarked. 385: 203: 192: 181: 170: 159: 148: 147:: "to run", "to start running". Also compare 137: 126: 115: 8: 267:, any verb is made inchoative by the prefix 254: 248: 245:, I'm starting to love, I'm falling in love 240: 234: 225: 392: 378: 370: 91:, it can be combined with tenses to form 309: 80:. It should not be confused with the 27:For the concept in criminal law, see 7: 322:Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary 25: 288:: "to dance", "to start dancing" 1: 158:(normal past tense plural of 97:frequentative past inchoative 360:Glossary of linguistic terms 341:Glossary of linguistic terms 209: 198: 187: 176: 165: 154: 143: 132: 121: 602: 446:Continuous and progressive 26: 546: 204: 202:, "he started laughing", 193: 182: 171: 160: 149: 138: 127: 116: 533:Perfect (Retrospective) 412:Complete vs. incomplete 62:Indo-European languages 298:generative grammarians 284: 278: 269: 255: 249: 241: 235: 226: 501:Beginning vs. ending 480:Generic vs. episodic 362:. SIL International. 343:. SIL International. 259:, to start flowering 566:Grammatical aspects 337:"Inchoative Aspect" 586:Lithuanian grammar 58:grammatical aspect 581:Ukrainian grammar 553: 552: 508:Inchoative aspect 101:future inchoative 52:), also known as 35:Inchoative aspect 16:(Redirected from 593: 394: 387: 380: 371: 364: 363: 351: 345: 344: 332: 326: 325: 314: 287: 281: 272: 258: 252: 244: 238: 229: 219:Slavic languages 212: 207: 206: 201: 196: 195: 190: 185: 184: 179: 174: 173: 169:, "to go") with 168: 163: 162: 157: 152: 151: 146: 141: 140: 135: 130: 129: 124: 119: 118: 74:Finnic languages 51: 45: 29:Inchoate offense 21: 601: 600: 596: 595: 594: 592: 591: 590: 576:Russian grammar 556: 555: 554: 549: 542: 521: 496: 475: 407: 405:lexical aspects 398: 368: 367: 353: 352: 348: 334: 333: 329: 316: 315: 311: 306: 294:inchoative verb 217:, and in other 93:past inchoative 47: 41: 32: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 599: 597: 589: 588: 583: 578: 573: 568: 558: 557: 551: 550: 547: 544: 543: 541: 540: 535: 529: 527: 523: 522: 520: 519: 514: 504: 502: 498: 497: 495: 494: 489: 483: 481: 477: 476: 474: 473: 472: 471: 458: 453: 448: 438: 437: 436: 431: 426: 415: 413: 409: 408: 399: 397: 396: 389: 382: 374: 366: 365: 346: 327: 308: 307: 305: 302: 290: 289: 261: 260: 246: 199:on zasmejálsja 103:, all used in 72:, and also in 24: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 598: 587: 584: 582: 579: 577: 574: 572: 571:Latin grammar 569: 567: 564: 563: 561: 545: 539: 536: 534: 531: 530: 528: 526:Relative time 524: 518: 515: 513: 509: 506: 505: 503: 499: 493: 490: 488: 485: 484: 482: 478: 470: 469:frequentative 466: 462: 459: 457: 454: 452: 449: 447: 444: 443: 442: 439: 435: 432: 430: 427: 425: 422: 421: 420: 417: 416: 414: 410: 406: 402: 395: 390: 388: 383: 381: 376: 375: 372: 361: 357: 356:"Prospective" 350: 347: 342: 338: 331: 328: 323: 319: 313: 310: 303: 301: 299: 295: 286: 280: 276: 275: 274: 271: 266: 257: 253:, to flower, 251: 247: 243: 237: 233: 232: 231: 228: 222: 220: 216: 211: 200: 189: 178: 167: 156: 145: 134: 123: 113: 108: 106: 102: 98: 94: 90: 85: 83: 79: 75: 71: 67: 63: 59: 55: 50: 44: 40: 36: 30: 19: 507: 465:distributive 451:Delimitative 441:Imperfective 434:Semelfactive 359: 349: 340: 330: 321: 318:"inchoative" 312: 291: 262: 223: 194:он засмеялся 109: 100: 96: 92: 86: 53: 48: 42: 34: 33: 538:Prospective 401:Grammatical 296:is used by 210:on zaplákal 205:он заплакал 82:prospective 39:abbreviated 560:Categories 419:Perfective 304:References 256:florescere 239:, I love; 105:Lithuanian 70:Lithuanian 18:Inchoative 517:Cessative 461:Iterative 456:Imperfect 429:Momentane 292:The term 265:Esperanto 215:Ukrainian 144:pobezhát' 78:Esperanto 54:inceptive 492:Habitual 139:побежать 64:such as 285:ekdanci 250:florere 177:Poshlí! 133:bezhát' 125:, e.g. 112:Russian 56:, is a 487:Gnomic 424:Aorist 242:amasco 191:(e.g. 172:Пошли! 128:бежать 279:danci 89:tense 66:Latin 49:incho 512:verb 403:and 227:-sc- 166:idtí 161:идти 155:shli 99:and 68:and 43:inch 270:ek- 263:In 236:amo 188:za- 183:за- 150:шли 122:po- 117:по- 110:In 46:or 562:: 358:. 339:. 320:. 282:, 273:: 230:: 221:. 136:, 107:. 95:, 510:/ 467:/ 463:/ 393:e 386:t 379:v 324:. 37:( 31:. 20:)

Index

Inchoative
Inchoate offense
abbreviated
grammatical aspect
Indo-European languages
Latin
Lithuanian
Finnic languages
Esperanto
prospective
tense
Lithuanian
Russian
Ukrainian
Slavic languages
Esperanto
inchoative verb
generative grammarians
"inchoative"
"Inchoative Aspect"
"Prospective"
v
t
e
Grammatical
lexical aspects
Perfective
Aorist
Momentane
Semelfactive

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