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The terms “telicity” and “terminativity” are used to denote the component of the (lexical) semantic makeup of verbs, verb phrases, sentences, and/or situations relating to their being or not being goal oriented, and so to their (in)completability, their (un)boundedness (Dahl 1981: 83). Although often considered synonymous, the terms have different origins and have been differently defined. The article discusses and compares both terms and briefly presents the debate on their definition a…

This article explores the use of Glagolitic script in the writing tradition of Medieval Bohemia. The centers of Church Slavic learning did not last very long but left a number of texts that are important sources for data on early West Slavic, especially Old Czech. There have been satellite settlements in southern Poland where the script was used too.There are three periods in the practice of the use of Glagolitic script in Bohemia (cf. among others Mareš 1971: 138; Pacnerová 2000). Several linguistically as well as historically and culturally important…

In Slavic languages, verbal aspect is not marked by paradigmatic forms or periphrastic constructions, but it is presented by lexical verbs that, on the basis of their functioning and meaning, are classified as either perfective or imperfective. To a large extent, perfective and imperfective verbs can be organized into pairs, of which the members only differ in aspect. This entry outlines the two core semantic considerations that have led aspectologists to determine whether particular verb…