Once more on aorist in the Old Polish Cover Image

Jeszcze o aoryście w staropolszczyźnie
Once more on aorist in the Old Polish

Author(s): Ewa Deptuchowa
Subject(s): Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie
Keywords: aorist; plusquamperfectum; mediaeval oath courts

Summary/Abstract: An analysis of examples of the past perfect tense composed of a singular and plural past tenseparticiple and an aorist form of the ‘to be’ verb in the singular third person form used as anauxiliary word is given in the article. The author, referring to the research of W.R. Rzepka,presents three consecutive examples from the mediaeval court oaths, where the aorist by hasthe meaning of ‘był’ (past form of the to be verb in Polish).

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 12
  • Page Range: 61-66
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: Polish