Habitual aspectIn linguistics, the aspect of a verb is a that defines the temporal flow (or lack thereof) in a given action, event, or state. As its name suggests, the habitual aspect (abbreviated ), not to be confused with iterative aspect or frequentative aspect, specifies an action as occurring habitually: the subject performs the action usually, ordinarily, or customarily. As such, the habitual aspect provides structural information on the nature of the subject referent, "John smokes" being interpretable as "John is a smoker", "Enjoh habitually gets up early in the morning" as "Enjoh is an early bird".
Epistemic modalityEpistemic modality is a sub-type of linguistic modality that encompasses knowledge, belief, or credence in a proposition. Epistemic modality is exemplified by the English modals may, might, must. However, it occurs cross-linguistically, encoded in a wide variety of lexical items and grammatical structures. Epistemic modality has been studied from many perspectives within linguistics and philosophy. It is one of the most studied phenomena in formal semantics. (a) grammatically: through modal verbs (e.g.
Verbe défectifEn linguistique, un verbe est dit défectif lorsque sa conjugaison est incomplète : certains temps, modes ou personnes sont inusités. Certains verbes ne se conjuguent qu'à la 3e personne (non exhaustif) : Les verbes impersonnels font partie de cette catégorie. D'autres ne se conjuguent qu'à certains temps ou certains modes : D'autres encore se conjuguent à presque tous les temps et modes, seuls quelques-uns n'existent pas : D'autres verbes sont peu usités à l'exceptions de certaines expressions : Defectif Ca
Compound verbIn linguistics, a compound verb or complex predicate is a multi-word compound that functions as a single verb. One component of the compound is a light verb or vector, which carries any inflections, indicating tense, mood, or aspect, but provides only fine shades of meaning. The other, "primary", component is a verb or noun which carries most of the semantics of the compound, and determines its arguments. It is usually in either base or [in Verb + Verb compounds] conjunctive participial form.
Prospective aspectIn linguistics, the prospective aspect (abbreviated or ) is a grammatical aspect describing an event that occurs subsequent to a given reference time. One way to view tenses in English and many other languages is as a combination of a reference time (past, present, or future) in which a situation takes place, and the time of a particular event relative to the reference time (before, at, or after). As an example, consider the following sentence: When I got home yesterday, John called and said he would arrive soon.
Conjugaison portugaiseLes verbes portugais possèdent un grand degré de flexion. Un verbe régulier typique a plus de cinquante formes différentes, exprimant jusqu'à six temps grammaticaux différents et trois modes. Deux formes sont propres au portugais parmi les langues romanes : L'infinitif personnel, une forme non finie qui ne montre pas de temps, mais qui s'accorde avec la personne et le nombre. Le futur subjonctif, parfois obsolète dans certains dialectes (y compris ceux de la péninsule Ibérique) des langues apparentées comme l'espagnol, mais toujours actif en portugais.
