Derivational markers may combine, which makes it possible for a single verb to indicate repeated action (by what is called the iterative derivation of the verb), action caused to happen (the causative derivation), action affecting the subject (the reflexive derivation), or action mutually affecting subject and object (the reciprocal derivation).
The initial goal of a repeated action loses its importance and the response is triggered by the context alone.
Stress fractures result from abnormal stresses imposed on normal bones by the continued and repeated actions of muscles or from normal stresses imposed on abnormal bones.
"We wish to strongly reaffirm our objections to the repeated actions by the Republican leadership to secretly and dramatically increase the contract between the House and outside counsel in arguing to uphold the discriminatory Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) in more than a dozen cases," reads the letter from House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif).
It takes place in a sequence or a progression through repeated trials, through repeated exposure, repeated actions, and through practice.
A primed action causes repeated actions.
The same can be done for one plait by combing hair back and repeating actions.
The U.S. sociologist Ernest Burgess, along with Park, associates collective behaviour with "circular reaction," a type of interaction in which each person reacts by repeating the action or mirroring the sentiment of another person, thereby intensifying the action or sentiment in the originator.
"They can wait even longer," Fugazza says, "but we really don't expect the owners to stay behind the screen for an hour!" The dogs also showed their smarts by repeating the action that they'd witnessed, even when a person other than the demonstrator and who did not know which action the dog was expected to copy gave the "Do it!" command.
We all learn relatively the same way and that is by repeated exposure and action.
