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Is there any difference between aspect and aspectuality? Do these words have the same meaning?

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  • Well, aspect is a real word, with several different meanings, depending on context. Aspectual is a bit of jargon used by grammar theorists. (Hint: consult a dictionary, or at least Google the terms.)
    – Hot Licks
    Nov 29, 2015 at 3:57
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    No. "Aspect" can mean a lot of things. "Aspectuality" means exactly nothing.
    – Ricky
    Nov 29, 2015 at 6:27

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Aspect means a feature (with various technical meanings in astrology, astronomy, architecture, and grammar). Aspectual means of or relating to an aspect. Thus aspectuality means the field or state or property of those things that may be described as aspectual.

In grammar, the aspect of a verb form is the relationship that verb has to the flow of time. Some examples of aspect are the continuous ("I am eating"), the habitual ("I used to eat"), and terminative ("I finished eating).

The continuous, the habitual, and the terminative are aspectual characteristics of verbs.

Aspectuality is the name for the property of aspectual characteristics.

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