Perfect Of Persistent Situation
Perfect Of Persistent Situation
A perfect of persistent situation is a grammaticalization of the current relevance of a state or event begun prior to the moment of utterance, which is relevant because of its continuation until the moment of utterance.
(English)
I have been waiting for three days.
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Source: Comrie 1976a
Comrie, Bernard. 1976a.Aspect: An introduction to verbal aspect and related problems. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University.
Broader Terms
- BT↑ Perfect
Related terms
- RT⇆ Utterance
