> I've jotted down some notes for Meep, though it'll probably be developed
> very slowly, and I came across a problem in how I want the verbs.
>
> I was hoping to have 3 aspects, no tenses-per-se, for verbs:
>
> contemplative (ad hoc name): an action that hasn't begun or is being
> considered, or wished, or wondered about--something that hasn't
> actually happened
> progressive: an action that's happening or in progress
> completive: an action that's been completed and tied off
>
> (Well, I guess the use of "is happening," etc. is deceptive.
> Theoretically I'd like these to be useable in past, present or future.
> Meep isn't intended to be a practical artlang, just whimsical.)
>
> I tried looking up a website article on aspects:
>
http://www.rick.harrison.net/langlab/aspect.html
>
> which is great in that it has a lot of neat examples (a number of which I
> stole for Chevraqis), but couldn't find anything that corresponds to
> "contemplative" (I thought it might be inchoative, but it seems not).
> Does anyone know of an existing name for this sort of aspect, or should I
> just stick with the ad hoc "contemplative"?
>
> YHL, wishing she could pick up Comrie's _Aspect_, except she's *frozen*
> book acquisitions, darnit!
>