Glossary term H

Habitual Aspect

Habitual aspect is an imperfective aspect that expresses the occurrence of an event or state as characteristic of a period of time.

(English)

  • He used to live here.
  1. Comrie 1976a, 27–28
  2. Dahl 1985, 97
  3. Hartmann and Stork 1972, 21
  4. Crystal 1987, 422
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