A Functional Analysis of Present Perfect in Persian
| Autor: | Mansour Rahimifar, Rezvan Motavalian, Vali Rezai |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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060201 languages & linguistics
Structure (mathematical logic) Linguistics and Language Computer science 06 humanities and the arts Compound verb Language and Linguistics Linguistics Present perfect Event structure Expression (architecture) Resultative Evidentiality 0602 languages and literature Meaning (existential) |
| Zdroj: | Theory and Practice in Language Studies. 7:1337 |
| ISSN: | 1799-2591 |
| DOI: | 10.17507/tpls.0712.24 |
| Popis: | The aim of this article is to establish the present perfect functions syntactically and semantically in Persian. Taking the definition of perfect, typically functioning to express anteriority or perfect aspect, the authors analyzed this construction in Persian in terms of function, meaning, and usage. Using functional-typological approach, the category of perfect was analyzed in regards to form, composition, meaning, expression, and its specific uses in Persian in order to determine its fundamental functions and meanings. From a synchronic point of view, the resultative, experiential and current-relevance meanings of this construction could be covered from the compound verb form. The discussion on the meanings of the Persian compound form of present perfect was based on the analysis of its occurrences in contemporary spoken standard texts, including movies, talk shows, and TV serials as well as written texts and the authors’ intuitions, in rare cases. Fundamental to the present study were three assumptions: First, a closer look at the data indicates that there are both temporal and aspectual tendencies in this construction. Second, the findings lend support to the claim that indirect information, usually described under the label of evidentiality in many contexts, is a part of their functions. Third, a modified version of Kyparsky’s theory of event structure is used and we promote the idea of “hierarchical structure„ for the Persian perfect functions where the current relevance of a prior event is the main function and other functions are entailed from this. |
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