- PII
- S0373-658X0000392-4-1
- DOI
- 10.7868/SX0000392-4-1
- Publication type
- Article
- Status
- Published
- Authors
- Volume/ Edition
- Volume / Issue 4
- Pages
- 97-125
- Abstract
- The article presents certain features of Perfect in Spanish against the background typological views on Perfect as a cross-linguistic grammar category. Specifically, two discursive constraints on Perfect are under discussion: its combinability with time-specific adverbials and its function denoting a sequence of events in the narrative. The violation of both constraints by speakers of Spanish is diagnosed by many linguists as a sign of an «aoristic drift» bound to turn Spanish Perfect into a Perfective and/or Preterit, which for Spanish would mean converting it to Aorist. This proposal offers an alternative view on Perfect / Aorist correlation, based on the concept of «current relevance».
- Keywords
- Aorist, Diachronias, discourse, Spanish, Perfect, Perfective, Preterite, Past tense, Romance languages
- Date of publication
- 18.09.2025
- Year of publication
- 2025
- Number of purchasers
- 1
- Views
- 620
RAS History & PhilologyВопросы языкознания Voprosy Jazykoznanija
- ISSN (Print) 0373-658X
- ISSN (Online) 3034-5243
SPANISH PERFECT: STILL A PERFECT, OR ALREADY A PERFECTIVE / PRETERITE?
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At the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation
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