The delimitative aspect is a

grammatical aspect In linguistics, aspect is a grammatical category that expresses how a verbal action, event, or state, extends over time. For instance, perfective aspect is used in referring to an event conceived as bounded and unitary, without reference t ...

that indicates that a situation lasts only a certain amount of time. It is sometimes called durative aspect. In Polish, contrasts with (the prefix marking the delimitative aspect in this example). Delimitative aspect in Chinese is often marked by

reduplication In linguistics, reduplication is a Morphology (linguistics), morphological process in which the Root (linguistics), root or Stem (linguistics), stem of a word, part of that, or the whole word is repeated exactly or with a slight change. The cla ...

of the verb. For details see Chinese grammar§Aspects.

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