Future orientation in adverbial time clauses in the Balkan languages
Future orientation in adverbial time clauses in the Balkan languages
Author(s): Ekaterina Tarpomanova, Bilyana Mihaylova, Marina DzhonovaSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Philology
Published by: Софийски университет »Св. Климент Охридски«
Keywords: temporal orientation; morphological marking; Balkan languages
Summary/Abstract: The paper reviews the possibilities for expressing events with a future time orientation in subordinate temporal adverbial clauses in Balkan languages by applying a corpus-based approach to analysis. In Albanian, Romanian, and Greek future time orientation can be expressed through a form morphologically marked for futurity, while in Bulgarian such meanings are expressed through form marked for present tense. The phenomenon is analysed on the basis of authentic linguistic material excerpted from language coprora.
Journal: Съпоставително езикознание / Сопоставительное языкознание
- Issue Year: 2020
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 5-30
- Page Count: 26
- Language: English
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