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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Lang Sci. 2009;31(2-3):325–342. doi: 10.1016/j.langsci.2008.12.017

Table 2.

Combinations of return options and base yield aspectual inflections.

Telic root Atelic root
[return = root] Habitual Durative
[return < root] Incessant *
[return > root] Iterative Continuative