What is cessative aspect?

Cessative aspect is aspect that expresses the cessation of an event or state.

• What is aspect?

Pei and Gaynor 1954 37

Nida 1949 168

Elson and Pickett 1988 28

Anderson, Judi 1989 12

Context for this page:

• Concept module: cessative aspect
• In overview module: Glossary (Linguistics): C
• In modular book: Glossary of linguistic terms, by Eugene E. Loos (general editor), Susan Anderson (editor), Dwight H., Day, Jr. (editor), Paul C. Jordan (editor), and J. Douglas Wingate (editor)
• In bookshelf: Linguistics

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