aktionsart
nounEtymology From German Aktionsart, from Aktion (“action”) + Art (“kind, sort”). Attested in English from the 19th century.
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Grammar, Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences A property of verbs and other predicates indicating internal temporal nature; lexical aspect.
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- Related terms
- aspect, semelfactive, tense
- Hyponyms
- state, a predicate that does not change over time, occurrence, a predicate that changes in, over time, achievement, a predicate that changes in an instant, accomplishment, a predicate that changes over time and has a natural endpoint, activity, a predicate that changes over time and has no natural endpoint