Essays about: "Southeast Asian languages"

Found 1 essay containing the words Southeast Asian languages.

  1. 1. Iamitives : Perfects in Southeast Asia and beyond

    University essay from Avdelningen för allmän språkvetenskap

    Author : Bruno Olsson; [2013]
    Keywords : aspect; tense; perfect; Southeast Asian languages;

    Abstract : This study explores grammatical markers with meanings similar to the English perfect tense and words like already, as found in numerous languages across the world, and perhaps especially in languages of Southeast Asia, with the aim of describing the main function of these markers. Such items have previously been treated as belonging to the same category as the perfects of European languages but are tentatively termed "iamitives" in this study (from Latin iam 'already') since they differ from perfects in many respects. READ MORE