Comparative Concept: telic (sem)
Extracted from the appendix of Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World's Languages, by William Croft (2022)
telic (sem)
| Typ | meaning |
|---|---|
| Alias(se) | telic • telic (event) • telic event |
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an event in which the relevant participant ends up in a 'natural' result state. Example: in I crossed the street, the natural result state is reaching the other side of the street, and the event is telic. (Section 6.2.1)