Definitions
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- adjective grammar Of or relating to the
semelfactive aspect . - noun grammar The
semelfactive aspect .
Etymologies
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Examples
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It is true that there are the traditional terms "semelfactive" and "iterative" referring, respectively, to one and more than one instantiation of an event.
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This is what happens in the case of the Text: it can be itself only in its difference (which does not mean its "individuality"); its reading is semelfactive (which renders all inductive-deductive sciences of texts illusory - there is no "grammar" of the text) and yet completely woven with quotations, references, and echoes.
Language Log 2009
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: il ne peut être lui que dans sa différence (ce qui ne veut pas dire son, individualité); sa lecture semelfactive (ce qui rend illusoire toute science inductive-déductive des textes: pas de "grammaire" du texte), et cependant entièrement tissés de citations, de références, d'échos: langages culturels (quel langage ne le serait pas?), antécédents ou contemporains, qui le traversent de part en part dans une vaste stéréophonie.
Language Log 2009
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