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Aspect--stative verbs

Verbal auxiliaries, affixes, adverbs, and particles that indicate aspects of stative verbs.

  • state exists: the state is begun before reference time and continues after reference time.
    is
  • state commences: beginning of a state of "becoming." Often called Inceptive or Inchoative. If there is a morpheme specifically for this meaning, it is usually derivational and restricted to stative words. However, it is also possible for "Perfects" or "Perfectives" to have this as their use with stative words.
  • state ends: state existed in the past, but no longer exists. Also a possible meaning of "Perfects" or "Perfectives" in combination with stative words.
  • state continues: state is continuing a reference time.
  • state changes: (self-explanatory).