telicity

English

Etymology

telic +‎ -ity

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiːˈlɪsɪti/

Noun

telicity (countable and uncountable, plural telicities)

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

Related terms

• telic
• atelic

Translations

presenting an action or event as complete

• Breton: teloselezh f
• Catalan: telicitat f
• Dutch: teliciteit f
• French: télicité (fr) f
• German: Telizität f
• Russian: предельность (ru) f (predelʹnostʹ)
• Spanish: telicidad f

See also

• resultativity