punctualize

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To render as, or turn into, a point

   To render as, or turn into, a point; (specifically, sociology) to consider a conceptual or social network as a single point-like entity or “black box”.

   • Certainly, some networks are easier to punctualize than others. They are network packages, routines, taken for granted.
2. 2

   To express an action as happening at a specific moment.

   • Among indices of the first type, we find not only adverbs like hier ‘yesterday’, but also a variety of other expressions that serve to punctualize or indicate a specific time.
   • Their distribution is complementary insofar as preverbs mark the punctuality of accomplishments (and some achievements), whereas the doni suffix punctualizes activities and states.
   • The ability to punctualize an act is therefore highly conducive to keeping verbs outside the aspectual system […]

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