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Perfects in Indo-European Languages and Beyond
Edited by Robert Crellin and Thomas Jügel
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 352] 2020
► pp. 1–14

Chapter 1
Introduction

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This Introduction highlights some of the recurrent themes of the volume, in particular two diachronic paths: (i) resultative > perfect > perfective past; (ii) relaxation of an initial constraint restricting the perfect to results attributed to the patient. The latter leads to a discussion of be and have perfects, including English and Dutch data that point to important methodological caveats.
Keywords: tense, aspect, diathesis, diachronic path, Indo-European
Article outline
  • 1.General remarks
  • 2.Meaning
  • 3.Diathesis and alignment
  • 4.Further observations
  • 5.Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
Published online: 23 September 2020
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