Habitual Aspect (definition)

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This term refers to something viewed as happening for a long time or repeating (iterative). In English this can be seen by using “used to” in the past tense. It can also be seen in the use of adverbials often and frequently.

See Also

External Links

http://www.sil.org/linguistics/GlossaryOfLinguisticTerms/WhatIsHabitualAspect.htm

http://www.glottopedia.de/index.php/Habitual_aspect

References

Crystal, David. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. The language library. Oxford, UK: Blackwell, 1997.