
Conlangery #137: Telicity and Lexical Aspect
Conlangery Podcast
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The Igbo Language of Nigeria
In the Igbo language of Nigeria, there are subtle differences in tests to determine whether something is an activity achievement accomplishment. So they say in Igbo with a semi-factive like sneeze, you can't use it with a progressive marker. In English, we can, but that has a particular implication that you're repeating the activity over and over again. It's like, it's sneezing. That means I'm doing it repeatedly. And then that can become like an activity. so that's an interesting thing.
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