telic
Collocations
4ADJ.
most
VERB + TELIC
become
TELIC + NOUN
human
ADV.
certainly
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adj
Tending or directed towards a goal or specific end.
Several theorists of the previous chapters are supportive of this more telic view of human nature.
They were asked to rate the 36 activities for how purposeful they were.[…]Comparing the 10 most telic and the 10 most paratelic we found that the paratelic leisure activities were thought to involve less skill or challenge; they were also judged to satisfy social needs more, and to be more enjoyable.
That expresses an end or purpose.
1995, Michela Cennamo, Patterns of 'Active' Syntax in Late Latin Pleonastic Reflexives, John Charles Smith, Delia Bentley (editors), Historical Linguistics 1995: Selected Papers from the 12th International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Volume 1: General Issues and Non-Germanic Languages, page 39, In this framework, verbs denoting directed change of location, such as Italian andare 'go', instantiate Core Unaccusativity, in that they have a Theme subject and are the most telic, concrete, dynamic.
Similarly, verb forms that can govern either transitive or middle-case marking (cf. 2.1.3.1.2(c)) are more telic in their transitive manifestations.
That expresses the perfective aspect.
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3Several theorists of the previous chapters are supportive of this more telic view of human nature.
WiktionaryThey were asked to rate the 36 activities for how purposeful they were.[…]Comparing the 10 most telic and the 10 most paratelic we found that the paratelic leisure activities were thought to involve l
WiktionaryI have certainly become more telic as I strive to achieve my goals set, but I am not really enjoying any of it.
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