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1. Perfective Aspect

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   A key characteristic is the inherent telicity. A perfective verb describes an action that possesses an intrinsic endpoint or goal. For instance, in Serbo-Croatian, the imperfective verb pisati ('to write') denotes the process of writing a letter, whereas the perfective counterpart napisati denotes the successful completion of the entire letter, from first stroke to final signature. If the writing process is interrupted, only the im…