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inchoative::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | inchoative aspect |
| Type of | aspect |
Examples of inchoative
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Not all verbs with inchoative infixes have retained their inceptive meaning.
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The simple past is sometimes inchoative.
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Productive inchoative infixes exist in several languages, including Latin and Ancient Greek, and consequently some Romance languages.
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This is called inchoative aspect.
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Right now, imperfective aspect is broken down into progressive and inchoative meanings, but resultative is currently missing and needs attention.
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Other languages instead have separate momentane, inchoative, or cessative aspects for those roles, with or without a general perfective.
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Transitivity is manipulated by suffixes forming transitive verbs with applicative or causative meaning or intransitives with passive or inchoative meanings.
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- Aspect with regard to the beginning of the action of the verb
- Beginning to develop; "inchoative stages"
- Inchoative aspect (abbreviated or) is a grammatical aspect, referring to the beginning of an action or state. It can be found in conservative Indo-European languages such as Latin and Lithuanian, and also in Balto-Finnic languages. ...
- At the beginning, still in an unformed state; Aspectually indicating that an action is soon to begin; Inflected in or relating to the inchoative aspect
