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telic vs atelic [Grk télos ‘completion, end’] (also aterminative/non-terminative vs terminative, bounded vs non-bounded)
Verbal aspect distinction which refers to events with a temporal boundary or limit, e.g. fly to New York, drink a glass of wine, as telic, and to events without such limits, e.g. travel by train, drink wine as atelic. (
also resultative vs non-resultative)
References
Dahl, Ö. 1981. On the definition of the telic-atelic (bounded-nonbounded) distinction.
In P.J.Tedeschi and A.Zaenen (eds). Syntax and semantics, vol. 14: Tense and aspect. New York. 79–90.
Garey, H. 1957. Verbal aspects in French. Lg 33.
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