A […] more terminological matter concerns the use of such terms as “Aspect” or “Mode of Action” (Aktionsart) for the various distinctions within the typology of SoAs [states of affairs]. I will reserve the term “Aspect” for those distinctions which are expressed by grammatical means […]. By contrast, the distinctions made in the typology of SoAs concern the internal semantics of the predicate. For such distinction, the term “Mode of Action” is more appropriate.
- Dik (1989), a pag.90

Under the general label of aspectuality, the following sub-areas may be distinguished: (a) “The type of SoA” [state of affairs] as designated by the predicate frame. This sub-area is also called “Aktionsart” (Mode of action) […]. It falls outside our more restricted usage of the term Aspect, since is not a matter of grammatical coding.
- Dik (1989), a pag.186