Delimitative aspect

The delimitative aspect is a grammatical aspect that indicates that a situation lasts only a certain amount of time.^[1] It is sometimes called durative aspect.^{[citation needed]}

In Polish, stałem i gadałem 'I stood and chatted' contrasts with postałem i pogadałem 'I stood and chatted for a while' (the prefix po- marking the delimitative aspect in this example).

Delimitative aspect in Chinese is often marked by reduplication of the verb. For details see Chinese grammar§Aspects.

References

^ Dickey, Stephen M. (2007). "A prototype account of the development of delimitative po- in Russian". In Divjak, Dagmar; Kochańska, Agata (eds.). Cognitive Paths into the Slavic Domain. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter. pp. 329–373. doi:10.1515/9783110198799.4.329. ISBN 978-3-11-019620-7.

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[1] Dickey, Stephen M. (2007). "A prototype account of the development of delimitative po- in Russian". In Divjak, Dagmar; Kochańska, Agata (eds.). Cognitive Paths into the Slavic Domain. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter. pp. 329–373. doi:10.1515/9783110198799.4.329. ISBN 978-3-11-019620-7.

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v t e Grammatical and lexical aspects
Complete vs. incomplete	Perfective Aorist Momentane Semelfactive^# Imperfective Continuous and progressive Delimitative Imperfect Iterative/distributive/frequentative^#
Generic vs. episodic	Gnomic Habitual
Beginning vs. ending	Inchoative aspect/verb^# Cessative
Relative time	Perfect (Retrospective) Prospective
^#Lexical aspects. Grammatical aspects unmarked.

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