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Re: Anti-telic?

From:Rodlox R <rodlox@...>
Date:Saturday, July 15, 2006, 1:04
>From: Sai Emrys <sai@...> >Reply-To: Constructed Languages List <CONLANG@...> >To: CONLANG@listserv.brown.edu >Subject: Re: Anti-telic? >Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 07:44:46 -0700 > >Monsoons seem clearly telic; the have to end (for climate reasons) at >some point. Worst you could have is a couple months of 'em. > >Repetition isn't the issue, it's when the event ends.
Ah. My apologies. (my mistake). I thought I had read that one of the categories was "it's happened before, and it's going to happen later, but it isn't happening now".....this isn't the first time I misread something. Thank you for the clarification. have nice days.
> >If you were creating some other verb meaning to-have-a-monsoon-anually.... >:-P > >- Sai > >On 7/13/06, Rodlox R <rodlox@...> wrote: >>If I may ask, would it be a form of "telic" or "gnomic" apply to events >>such >>as monsoons {which repeat on an annual basis} ? >> >>And would it be the same whether a monsoon was presently taking

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