IS THERE A BALKAN TYPE OF PLUPERFECT?
IS THERE A BALKAN TYPE OF PLUPERFECT?
Author(s): Ekaterina Tarpomanova, Bilyana MihaylovaSubject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Morphology, Comparative Linguistics
Published by: Институт за български език „Проф. Любомир Андрейчин“, Българска академия на науките
Keywords: pluperfect; Balkan Sprachbund; temporality, modality
Summary/Abstract: The pluperfect is generally defined as a tense denoting an event which is prior with respect to a past reference moment. The paper aims at analysing the forms and the functions of the pluperfect in the modern languages of the Balkan linguistic area (Bulgarian, Greek, Albanian, and Romanian), discussing its morphological markers on a formal aspect, and the contexts of its temporal and modal readings on the functional aspect.
Journal: Балканско езикознание / Linguistique balkanique
- Issue Year: 59/2020
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 187-198
- Page Count: 12
- Language: English
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