Ways of expressing present and future tenses in the Supraśl Chronicle Cover Image

Sposoby wyrażenia praesens i futurum w Kronice Supraskiej
Ways of expressing present and future tenses in the Supraśl Chronicle

Author(s): Katarzyna Grabowska
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Historical Linguistics
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku
Keywords: Old Belorussian chronicles; the first Belorussian-Lithuanian compilation; Old Russian language; verb, present tense; future tense

Summary/Abstract: The article focuses on the analysis of forms of praesens and futurum perfect and imperfect excerpted from the Supraśl Chronicle, which belongs to the first Belorussian-Lithuanian compilation. In the examined text the forms of present and future I tenses are frequently observed. However, not a single form of futurum imperfect of type II has been found. The forms of third person singular futurum perfect are used as praesens historicum.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 20
  • Page Range: 95-104
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Polish