Towards the typology of repetitive-habitual polysemy
In some languages the repetitive meaning (a single repetition of an event) and some meanings of the habitual semantic domain are expressed by the same marker. There is some typological evidence that the repetitive meaning is more closely related to the generic and qualitative meanings and not to the proper habitual one. Emphatic uses are assumed to connect the repetitive meaning with habitual ones. The meaning as usual is also proposed to be transitional between the repetitive meaning and the habitual semantic domain.