grammatical aspect
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grammatical aspect
noun grammatical aspects
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The aspect of a verb phrase (verb group) or other predicate – its temporal structure or relationship to the time of use – marked through any of various grammatical elements, as distinguished from lexical aspect.
While lexical aspect presents information about the inherent lexical properties of the verb and verb phrase, grammatical aspect, on the other hand, signals the boundaries of an event.
Opposite: lexical aspect, aktionsart
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noun aspect of a verb phrase
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