Perfect Aspect (definition)

A sentence marked for perfect aspect conveys the meaning of a state in the time conveyed by the tense that is due exclusively to a past action. The aspect occurs in all three tenses. In Scottish Gaelic, perfect aspect is marked by the particle 'air', which is homophonous and homographic with the preposition meaning 'on'.

See Also

• Aspect
• Recent Perfect Aspect (definition)
• Prospective Aspect (definition)
• Aspect (definition)
• Perfect Aspect (definition)
• Prospective Aspect (definition)

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References

Crystal, David. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. The language library. Oxford, UK: Blackwell, 1997. Reed, Sylvia L. (2012). The Semantics of Grammatical Aspect: Evidence from Scottish Gaelic. University of Arizona Ph.D dissertation.