THE PERFECT IN BULGARIAN AND MODERN GREEK
THE PERFECT IN BULGARIAN AND MODERN GREEK
Author(s): Elena ChaushevaSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: ЮГОЗАПАДЕН УНИВЕРСИТЕТ »НЕОФИТ РИЛСКИ«
Keywords: contrastive analysis; error analysis; foreign language teaching; perfect/imperfect aspect; verbal tenses.
Summary/Abstract: The object of the study encompasses the temporal and aspectual characteristics of the Perfect in Greek and Bulgarian. On the basis of a body of translated materials and analysis of errors committed by students learning Modern Greek, the uses of the Perfect have been outlined in the two Balkan Languages, as well as its possibilities for substitution with other verb tenses - Aorist or Past Progressive Tense depending on the verbal aspect.
Journal: Езиков свят - Orbis Linguarum
- Issue Year: 2015
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 7-15
- Page Count: 9