Re: time distinctions

At 8/27/00 04:31 PM -0400, you wrote:

>Also, I've a verb inflection scheme in my conlang which I'm not sure if
>I'm labelling correctly... Verbs in my conlang are based on events rather
>than actions per se; so it almost takes on a somewhat objective,
>external-observer type perspective.
>
>There are three "aspects":
>1) Initiative: refers explicitly to the start of an event/action. For
>   example, the initiative of "to walk" would be "to start walking" or
>   "while starting to walk" (if in a subclause).
This one is often called "inchoative".  The other two seem fine to me.

I'm not sure what to call the "focuses" though.

Marcus