Essays about: "perfective aspect"

Found 5 essays containing the words perfective aspect.

  1. 1. On the morphosyntax of main and subordinate clauses in Xokleng

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Allmän språkvetenskap

    Author : David Gert; [2019]
    Keywords : subordination; word order; Xokleng; nominalization; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : This is a thesis on the Gê language of Xokleng and its means of subordination. This work is based on previous publication on the Xokleng language (Urban 1985, Gakran 2005, Gakran 2015). In this highly isolation language with almost no inflection, a large set of grammatical and lexical monosyllabic particles are used to express TAM(E). READ MORE

  3. 2. Case and case alignment in the Greater Hindukush : An areal-typological survey

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Avdelningen för allmän språkvetenskap

    Author : Richard Kowalik; [2015]
    Keywords : Case; case alignment; grammatical relations; Hindukush; areal typology; Indo-Iranian; Tibeto-Burman; Burushaski; Turkic; Kasus; kasusmarkeringssystem; grammatiska relationer; Hindukush; areal typologi; indo-iranska; tibetoburmanska; burushaski; turkspråk;

    Abstract : This thesis concerns languages in the Greater Hindukush, the area in northern Afghanistan and Pakistan, where a total of about 50 languages are spoken. The thesis’ topic is case systems and case alignment systems of nouns in an areal-typological perspective. This is investigated by using a representative sample. READ MORE

  4. 3. Tense and aspect systems in Dardic languages : A comparative study

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Avdelningen för allmän språkvetenskap

    Author : Hanna Rönnqvist; [2013]
    Keywords : Tense; aspect; Dardic; Indo-Aryan; comparative study; Khowar; Palula; Gawri;

    Abstract : The languages belonging to the group commonly known as the “Dardic languages” are on some levels insufficiently researched and have barely been subject to any comparative research on their finer grammatical structures, such as their tense and aspect systems. This comparative study analyses three Dardic languages spoken in the central Dardic speaking area (Khowar, Gawri, Palula) in view of their tense and aspect system, to find out how similar the languages are in this respect. READ MORE

  5. 4. The perfective imperative in Japanese: A further analysis

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Japanska; Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap

    Author : Axel Svahn; [2010]
    Keywords : deictic projection; imperative; Japanese; past tense; perfective aspect; -ta; -tari; Aspect; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : The present thesis is concerned with a descriptive analysis of a phenomenon in the Japanese language, the use as an imperative of two suffixes of tense and aspect, -ta and -tari. The use of the past tense form (or ta-form) as an imperative in modern Japanese has been touched upon by various scholars, but a detailed account of the construction, its diachrony, and its place in a cross-linguistic context has not previously been performed. READ MORE

  6. 5. Imperative -ta in colloquial Japanese: A descriptive analysis

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Japanska

    Author : Axel Svahn; [2007]
    Keywords : japanska och paleosibiriska språk; Korean; Japanese; japanska; pragmatics; pragmantik; tense; imperfekt; Linguistics; Koreanska; Paleo-Siberian languages and literatures; Allmän språkvetenskap Lingvistik; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : The use of the past tense form (or ta-form) as an imperative in modern Japanese has been touched upon by various scholars. However, a descriptive analysis of the phenomenon has not yet been performed. READ MORE