telic

See also: telić

English

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek τελῐκός (telikós, “final”), from τέλος (télos, “end”).

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtiːlɪk/

Adjective

telic (comparative more telic, superlative most telic)

Tending or directed towards a goal or specific end.
- 1993, Brent D. Slife, Time and Psychological Explanation‎, page 226:
  Several theorists of the previous chapters are supportive of this more telic view of human nature.
- 2001, Michael Argyle, The Psychology of Happiness, 2nd Edition, page 129,
  They were asked to rate the 36 activities for how purposeful they were. […] Comparing the 10 most telic and the 10 most paratelic we found that the paratelic leisure activities were thought to involve less skill or challenge; they were also judged to satisfy social needs more, and to be more enjoyable.
- 2002, John Kerr, Counselling Athletes: Applying Reversal Theory‎, page 62:
  I have certainly become more telic as I strive to achieve my goals set, but I am not really enjoying any of it.
(grammar) That expresses an end or purpose.
- 1995, Michela Cennamo, Patterns of 'Active' Syntax in Late Latin Pleonastic Reflexives, John Charles Smith, Delia Bentley (editors), Historical Linguistics 1995: Selected Papers from the 12th International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Volume 1: General Issues and Non-Germanic Languages, page 39,
  In this framework, verbs denoting directed change of location, such as Italian andare 'go', instantiate Core Unaccusativity, in that they have a Theme subject and are the most telic, concrete, dynamic.
- 2000, Niko Besnier, Tuvaluan: A Polynesian Language of the Central Pacific, 2002, page 495,
  Similarly, verb forms that can govern either transitive or middle-case marking (cf. 2.1.3.1.2(c)) are more telic in their transitive manifestations.
- 2015, Pierre-Don Giancarli, Auxiliary selection with intransitive and reflexive verbs: the limits of gradience and scalarity, followed by a proposal, Rolf Kailuweit, Malte Rosemeyer (editors), Auxiliary Selection Revisited: Gradience and Gradualness, page 82,
  Moreover, let us remember that some verbs can be telic and agentive at the same time: if one looks at the ASH category n°1 (change of location), i.e. the verbs considered the most telic, like FF arriver (arrive), partir (leave), venir (come), revenir (come back) (Sorace 2000:256), old Spanish huir (run away) and escapar (escape) (Legendre 2007), do they not bear an agentive component?
(linguistics) That expresses the perfective aspect.

Antonyms

(directed towards a specific end): paratelic
(grammar: expressing an end or purpose): atelic

Derived terms

telic aspect

Related terms

telicity

References

“telic, a.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2^nd Ed.; 1989]

Anagrams

cleit

单词	telic
释义	telic See also: telić English Etymology From the Ancient Greek τελῐκός (telikós, “final”), from τέλος (télos, “end”). Pronunciation (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtiːlɪk/ Adjective telic (comparative more telic, superlative most telic) Tending or directed towards a goal or specific end. 1993, Brent D. Slife, Time and Psychological Explanation‎, page 226: Several theorists of the previous chapters are supportive of this more telic view of human nature. 2001, Michael Argyle, The Psychology of Happiness, 2nd Edition, page 129, They were asked to rate the 36 activities for how purposeful they were. […] Comparing the 10 most telic and the 10 most paratelic we found that the paratelic leisure activities were thought to involve less skill or challenge; they were also judged to satisfy social needs more, and to be more enjoyable. 2002, John Kerr, Counselling Athletes: Applying Reversal Theory‎, page 62: I have certainly become more telic as I strive to achieve my goals set, but I am not really enjoying any of it. (grammar) That expresses an end or purpose. 1995, Michela Cennamo, Patterns of 'Active' Syntax in Late Latin Pleonastic Reflexives, John Charles Smith, Delia Bentley (editors), Historical Linguistics 1995: Selected Papers from the 12th International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Volume 1: General Issues and Non-Germanic Languages, page 39, In this framework, verbs denoting directed change of location, such as Italian andare 'go', instantiate Core Unaccusativity, in that they have a Theme subject and are the most telic, concrete, dynamic. 2000, Niko Besnier, Tuvaluan: A Polynesian Language of the Central Pacific, 2002, page 495, Similarly, verb forms that can govern either transitive or middle-case marking (cf. 2.1.3.1.2(c)) are more telic in their transitive manifestations. 2015, Pierre-Don Giancarli, Auxiliary selection with intransitive and reflexive verbs: the limits of gradience and scalarity, followed by a proposal, Rolf Kailuweit, Malte Rosemeyer (editors), Auxiliary Selection Revisited: Gradience and Gradualness, page 82, Moreover, let us remember that some verbs can be telic and agentive at the same time: if one looks at the ASH category n°1 (change of location), i.e. the verbs considered the most telic, like FF arriver (arrive), partir (leave), venir (come), revenir (come back) (Sorace 2000:256), old Spanish huir (run away) and escapar (escape) (Legendre 2007), do they not bear an agentive component? (linguistics) That expresses the perfective aspect. Antonyms (directed towards a specific end): paratelic (grammar: expressing an end or purpose): atelic Derived terms telic aspect Related terms telicity See also teleo- teleology References “telic, a.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2^nd Ed.; 1989] Anagrams cleit
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