Bernard comrie aspect an introduction to the study of. Syntactic areal classification of southeast asian languages bowe, heather joan usc, 1987. His own work on aspect has been a major inspiration for this study. Development of aspect and tense in semitic languages. If the inline pdf is not rendering correctly, you can download the pdf file here. In this respect it agrees with the traditional approach of e. Aktionsart or situation aspect, and the extent to which these classifications and their diagnostics are upheld crosslinguistically. Cambridge textbooks in linguistics general editors. References edit bernard comrie curriculum vitae pdf. Topics covered include the relation of tense and aspect, the morphology and the semantics of aspect, and structuralist and philosophical approaches. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise cambridge core to connect with your account. The phylogenesis of aspect in english publish your masters. An introduction to the study of verbal aspect and related problems.
Part of the preparation of this book was carried out while i was a research fellow at kings college, cambridge. Aspect is a category in time semantics which relates to how a situation is viewed in terms of its reference to the ow of time binnick, 1991 binnick, 2006 comrie, 1976comrie, 2001dahl, 1985. The volumes are written for both linguists and general. Bernard comrie this was the first book ive ever read thoroughly on verbal aspect, and its crystal clear definitions are very easy to follow. An introduction to the general linguistic study of aspect. Bernard comrie is chair of the department of linguistics at the university of southern california. Comrie bernard 1976 aspect an introduction to the study of verbal aspect and from business 101 at northern virginia community college.
This is the first study of aspect, considered as a general linguistic phenomenon. If you save the pdf using save as, the scanned image may be compressed. As an example of a language which has an opposition between hodiernal and posthodiernal future, where the hodiernal future is. Simple past for immediate future in some iranian languages. Bernard comrie, stephen matthews, maria polinsky consultant eds. The perfectiveimperfective contrast is characterized. We will also explore grammatical aspect sometimes called viewpoint aspect, or just aspect, which includes categories such as perfective, imperfective, progressive, perfect, etc. In bernard comrie, ray fabri, elizabeth hume, manwel misfud, thomas. However, authentic examples give at hand that a more convincing interpretation of this pattern is that of relative past tense with perfective aspect, an event viewed in its entirety including its completion, i.
Bernard comrie aspect an introduction to the study of verbal aspect and related problems cambridge textbooks in linguistics free ebook download as pdf file. Bernard comrie, stephen anderson tense and aspect in eight languages of. This is the background to my switch to a more dataoriented approach. Classification and index of the world s languages download. An introduction to the study of verbal aspect and related problems reprinted with corrections 1978, 1981 cambridge textbooks in linguistics. Yucatec maya is a language that has an ergativeabsolutive crossreferencing system that is split on the basis of aspect, but the language as a. Korean has developed a twoway tense distinction of past and nonpast via the grammaticalization of the once perfect construction into the anterior suffix han 1986, h.
The phylogenesis of aspect in english andreas keilbach term paper advanced seminar english language and literature studies linguistics publish your bachelors or masters thesis, dissertation, term paper or essay. When i started working on incomplete acquisition about ten years ago, bernard was one of the few people who was always willing to hear about the unseemly quirks of heritage languages. Sorbian institute, bautzen, germany, scientific advisory board, 20042014 chair. The grammar of negation in middle english boyle, mary patricia usc, 1991. A study of tense and aspect in japanese towtong, pachongkarn usc, 1985. Pertaining to the nature of aspect in greek the thesis regards the primary aspectual opposition as binary, distinguishing between perfective and imperfective meanings by means of aor and pres forms. Free download program bernard comrie aspect lovelyfilecloud. Polarizing the futurethe development of an aspectual.
Comrie bernard 1976 aspect an introduction to the study of. Introduction to typology assumes neither prior knowledge of typology nor extensive background in linguistics, making it useful as a primary lindsay j. Comriecv 6 european science foundation, program origin of man, language and languages, chair of scientific forum, 20032008. In this textbook he introduces readers to the range of variation found in tense systems across the languages of the world, bringing together a rich collection of illustrative material. It is intended for students of individual languages as well as for students of linguistics. The phylogenesis of aspect in english publish your. This is the first of three pathbreaking volumes that will constitute a wideranging analytical guide to the worlds approximately 5,000 languages.
A survey of pertinent literature reveals that many studies of aspect in semitic languages do not pay a due attention to the crucial theoretical distinction of perfect and perfectivity. This work represents the most comprehensive and indepth coverage of malayalam. Dr comrie draws his examples particularly from english and the slavonic and romance languages, but also from arabic, chinese, welsh, greek and a variety of others. The origin and development of languages throughout the world. Tense and aspect in eight languages of cameroon author. It carefully talks about the meaning of aspect, the perfectiveimperfective distinction, and pretty much everything you might want to know about this topic such as related morphology and combined tense. An introduction to the study of verbal aspect and related problems, 1976, cambridge university press. It differs from most other books on aspect in that it is not concerned with any one particular language, nor with a comparison of various. There is frequently a twoterm system of perfective the event is regarded as a whole, without regard for its temporal composition and imperfective focussing on the temporal composition of the event. Tense cambridge textbooks in linguistics pdf free download. Bernard comrie aspect an introduction to the study of verbal. Supplying such temporal information is one of the roles of aspect.
This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook. Bernard comrie defines tense as the grammaticalisation of location in time. Summer institute of linguistics and the university of texas at arlington publications in linguistics, 99. Tense, aspect, mood and evidentiality linkedin slideshare.
The aim of the present book is to provide an introduction to verbal aspect and related concepts. An introduction to the study of verbal aspect and related problems cambridge textbooks in linguistics bernard comrie this was the first book ive ever read thoroughly on verbal aspect, and its crystal clear definitions are very easy to follow. The lexical tonology of kinande shanklin, michael trevor usc, 1990. In 1977, larsgunnar andersson and i applied for financial support for a largescale project on universal grammar and language typology, with tensemoodaspect as one of the fields of research. An introduction to verbal aspect and related problems.
Click download or read online button to get classification and index of the world s languages book now. Categories, constituents and constituent order in pitjantjatjara davies, h. Comrie is a specialist in linguistic typology and linguistic universals, and on caucasian languages. Bernard comrie curriculum vitae max planck society. The aim of the present book is to provide an introduction to verb al aspect and related concepts. We here use this term in a fairly narrow sense to refer to the temporal composition, or the completion, of an event see comrie 1976. In this textbook he introduces readers to the range of variation found in tense systems across the languages of the world, bringing together a rich collection of illustrative material that student and specialist alike will find invaluable. Wolfgang klein a timerelational analysis of russian aspect1 the meaning of the russian perfectiveimperfective opposition is usually characterised in terms such as the situation is seen in its totality vs not in its totality, with a boundary vs. Animacy shifts and resolution of semantic conflicts.
New york bernhard schlink t r a n s l a t e d f r o m t h e g e r m a n. In 1977, larsgunnar andersson and i applied for financial support for a largescale project on universal grammar and language typology, with tensemood aspect as one of the fields of research. Article animacy shifts and resolution of semantic conflicts. For the analysis of clauses in context i make use of a gen eralised model cf. Distributive and universal quantification in maltese. If this image is appended to a pdf document, and you save the file using the save option, the scanned image remains uncompressed. Yucatec maya is a language that has an ergativeabsolutive crossreferencing system that is split on the basis of aspect, but the language as a whole displays mostly nominativeaccusative syntax. Vintage international vintage books a division of random house, inc. I am honored to be included in the celebration of bernard comrie s distinguished career. A professor of law at the university of berlin and a practicing judge, he is also the author of several prizewinning crime novels. For most pages, blackandwhite scanning at 300 dpi produces text best suited for conversion. He is the author of many publications including aspect and tense, and is editor of studies in language.
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