Perfective aspect
In https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistics, aspect is a https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammatical_category that expresses how an action, event, or state, denoted by a https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verb, extends over time. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfectiveaspect is used in referring to an event conceived as https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boundedness(linguistics) and unitary, without reference to any flow of time during ("I helped him"). https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperfective_aspect is used for situations conceived as existing continuously or repetitively as time flows ("I was helping him"; "I used to help people").
From: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammatical_aspect
Can the perfective aspect of the verb be illustrated by the VP lacking the auxiliary "have" as it is in the passage above?
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fold navy 285 Can the perfective aspect of the verb be illustrated by the VP lacking the auxiliary "have" as it is in the passage above? With non-stative verbs, yes. However, the terms 'perfective' and 'imperfective' are closely associated with Slavic languages, and the confusion between 'perfective aspect' in Russian, for example, and 'perfect tenses' in English confuses some of our Slavic language learners, because they are not the same thing, so I avoid talking about all that.
- fold navy 285 Can the perfective aspect of the verb be illustrated by the VP lacking the auxiliary "have" as it is in the passage above?
- With non-stative verbs, yes.
- However, the terms 'perfective' and 'imperfective' are closely associated with Slavic languages, and the confusion between 'perfective aspect' in Russian, for example, and 'perfect tenses' in English confuses some of our Slavic language learners, because they are not the same thing, so I avoid talking about all that.
- It amounts to what we call "opening a can of worms".
- CJ
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fold navy 285Can the perfective aspect of the verb be illustrated by the VP lacking the auxiliary "have" as it is in the passage above?
With non-stative verbs, yes.
However, the terms 'perfective' and 'imperfective' are closely associated with Slavic languages, and the confusion between 'perfective aspect' in Russian, for example, and 'perfect tenses'
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