aspectual en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˌæˈspɛktjʊəl/
Etymology
From New Latin aspectuālis, from aspectus + -ālis.
Meanings
- (not-comparable) Of or pertaining to an aspect.
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(not-comparable) Of or pertaining to grammatical aspect.
Perfective have and progressive be are together known as Aspectual Auxiliaries, since they mark Aspect (viz. whether an action is in progress or has been completed).
1988, Andrew Radford, Transformational grammar: a first course, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, page 152:
Deriveds
aspectually · aspectuality · biaspectual · nonaspectual · aspectual pair · multiaspectual
Translations (7)
pl aspektowy (of or pertaining to grammatical aspect) · fr aspectuel (of or pertaining to grammatical aspect) · de aspektuell (of or pertaining to grammatical aspect) · es aspectual (of or pertaining to grammatical aspect) · ca aspectual (of or pertaining to grammatical aspect) · it aspettuale (of or pertaining to grammatical aspect) · ru видово́й (of or pertaining to grammatical aspect)