Perfect Of Result
Perfect Of Result
A perfect of result is a grammaticalization of the current relevance of a state or event, occurring before the moment of utterance, which is relevant because of a resulting state at the moment of utterance.
(English)
John has arrived.
This clause implies a resulting state of John’s being currently “here.”
Page/s: 56–57
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
- ExactMatch: https://glossary.sil.org/term/perfect-result
