The aspect of tse- in Yiddish

Yiddish possesses a class of &lsquo;inseparable&rsquo; verbal prefixes which augment the meaning of the verbs they attach to. Among these prefixes is tse- , which has been described as conveying a variety of separate meanings: spatial dispersion, perfective aspect, and initial action. Here, I argue that the latter two of these meanings can be accounted for by a single analysis, wherein tse-…