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Telicity meaning

The property of a verb or verb phrase that presents an action or event as being complete in some sense.

Using Telicity

  • The main meaning on this page is: The property of a verb or verb phrase that presents an action or event as being complete in some sense.

Context around Telicity

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 1 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often after:

contrast 1×

Sentence patterns with Telicity

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

creates a telicity contrast just 1× telicity might be 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

accusative vs partitive 1× telicity might be 1×

Common sentence endings:

as in finnish 1× entire verb phrase 1×

Words around Telicity

Just before it in the word index:

telic 5 teliasonera 9 teliamura 3 telia 21 teli 5 telharmonium 2

Just after it in the word index:

telikom 3 telio 2 teliospores 2 telizhenko 6 telkom 90 tell 11.602

Similar in corpus frequency:

aabb 4 aabria 4 aacha 4 aacta 4 aadu 4 aafmaa 4

Corpus analysis for Telicity

  • In this selection, "telicity" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, contrast stand out and add context to how "telicity" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include creates a telicity contrast just and telicity might be. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "telicity" sits close to words such as aabb, aabria and aacha, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with telicity

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Accusative vs. partitive case opposition of the object used with transitive verbs creates a telicity contrast, just as in Finnish. (20 words)

Telicity might be considered a kind of lexical aspect, except that it is typically not a property of a verb in isolation, but rather a property of an entire verb phrase. (31 words)

Longer example sentences

Telicity might be considered a kind of lexical aspect, except that it is typically not a property of a verb in isolation, but rather a property of an entire verb phrase. (31 words)

Accusative vs. partitive case opposition of the object used with transitive verbs creates a telicity contrast, just as in Finnish. (20 words)

Example sentences (2)

Accusative vs. partitive case opposition of the object used with transitive verbs creates a telicity contrast, just as in Finnish.

Telicity might be considered a kind of lexical aspect, except that it is typically not a property of a verb in isolation, but rather a property of an entire verb phrase.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "telicity" in a sentence?
An example: "Accusative vs. partitive case opposition of the object used with transitive verbs creates a telicity contrast, just as in Finnish." This page contains 2 example sentences with the word "telicity" from authentic English texts.
What does "telicity" mean?
Telicity means: The property of a verb or verb phrase that presents an action or event as being complete in some sense.
How many example sentences with "telicity" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 2 example sentences with "telicity", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.