ENGLISH PRESENT PERFECT: ASPECTUAL AND TEMPORAL COMPONENTS
ENGLISH PRESENT PERFECT: ASPECTUAL AND TEMPORAL COMPONENTS
Author(s): Predrag NovakovSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Editura Universităţii de Vest din Timişoara / Diacritic Timisoara
Summary/Abstract: English Present Perfect does not seem to occupy a specific temporal section on the time-line; it encompasses the past, the present and possibly the future. It also implies that certain meanings which could be treated as aspectual ones (e.g., continuation, recentness, result, experience). The present study discusses these temporal and aspectual components, with examples from contemporary British fiction.
Journal: B.A.S. British and American Studies
- Issue Year: 2008
- Issue No: 14
- Page Range: 283-292
- Page Count: 10
- Language: English
