Definition
Distributive aspect is an iterative aspect which expresses that an event is applied to members of a group one after another. These members are typically the referents named by:
- the subject of an intransitive verb, or
- the object of a transitive verb.
Examples
(Russian)
Russian po- in On po-zapiral dveri. `He locked the doors one at a time.'
Sources 2
- Comrie 1985a, 344
- Pei and Gaynor 1954, 59