fientive
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3ADJ.
stative
FIENTIVE + NOUN
e
PREP.
in, versus
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adj
designating a durative and dynamic action performed by the subject
This underlines again that a contrast of nominality versus verbality conveys a stative versus fientive purport.
designating entering into a state as opposed to being in a state
The basic idea is that what previous scholarship categorised as a stative, viz. the various forms going back to a derivation with a long ē, is in fact a fientive, i.e. it designates the becoming and not the being.
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2This underlines again that a contrast of nominality versus verbality conveys a stative versus fientive purport.
WiktionaryThe basic idea is that what previous scholarship categorised as a stative, viz. the various forms going back to a derivation with a long ē, is in fact a fientive, i.e. it designates the becoming and n
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