lexical aspect

lexical aspect (plural lexical aspects)

1. (grammar) A property of verbs and other predicates indicating internal temporal nature; aktionsart.
   • 2014, Barbara Meisterernst, Tense and Aspect in Han Period Chinese‎, page 15:

     Within the framework of a distinction between grammatical and lexical aspect, the category grammatical aspect, which is usually realized in the morphology of the verb, includes the imperfective and the perfective aspect, whereas the lexical aspect concerns the situation types (Aktionsarten) of the verb, i.e. it is inherent to the semantics of the verb.

• state, a predicate that does not change over time
• occurrence, a predicate that changes in or over time
• achievement, a predicate that changes in an instant
• accomplishment, a predicate that changes over time and has a natural endpoint
• activity, a predicate that changes over time and has no natural endpoint

• aspect
• grammatical aspect