Essays about: "perfectivity"

Found 3 essays containing the word perfectivity.

  1. 1. Exploring the Uniqueness of Tulu: An Empirical Investigation of the Three Past Forms in the Dravidian Language of Tulu Nadu

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi

    Author : Freja Lindgren; [2023]
    Keywords : Tulu language; verbal morphology; Dravidian languages; past tense; fieldwork; perfectivity; imperfectivity; perfect; stative; discontinuous;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates three different so-called “past tense forms” in Tulu, a Dravidian language spoken in the south-western Indian states of Karnataka and Kerala. Through fieldwork material collected by the author, this thesis provides a comprehensive analysis of the usage and functions of the three forms in Tulu. READ MORE

  3. 2. Revisiting parts of the verb in Southern Nambikwara: Towards a definition of subjectivity as a grammatical category

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Avdelningen för allmän språkvetenskap

    Author : Emilia Roosvall; [2022]
    Keywords : Southern Nambikwara; subjectivity; epistemic marking; egophoricity; co-distributions;

    Abstract : This study investigates verb-final morphemes in Southern Nambikwara — a polysynthetic language spoken in the Mato Grosso region of southwestern Brazil. The verb-final morphemes -wa2 and -ɾa2/-la2 have previously been described as denoting an aspect distinction between imperfectivity and perfectivity (da Silva 2021; B. Kroeker 1982; M. READ MORE

  4. 3. Temporal Anteriority of the Arabic Perfect in Relative Clauses

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

    Author : Andreas Hallberg; [2010]
    Keywords : tense; Arabic; syntax; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : In this study I investigate how relative clauses in MSA effect the temporal properties of the verb form known as Perfect. Comrie (1976), and later Fassi Fehri (2004), describe the Perfect as having the properties of anteriority and perfectivity, i.e. READ MORE