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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'.
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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, or more simply that an action has been completed relative to some time of reference. In English, the perfect is marked with the auxiliary ''have'' and a [[Past Participle (definition)]]:  ''He has eaten''. In Gaelic, it is marked with the auxiliary [[Bi (irregular verb)]] (e.g. ''bha''), the [[Verbal Noun (definition)|verbal noun]] and the particle [[Air (aspect marker)]]: ''bha mi air am bainne òl.''
 
 
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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*[[Aspect]]
[[Recent Perfect Aspect (definition)]]
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*[[Recent Perfect Aspect (definition)]]
 
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*[[Prospective Aspect (definition)]]
[[Prospective Aspect (definition)]]
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*[[Aspect (definition)]]
 
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*[[Progressive Aspect (definition)]]
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*[[Habitual Aspect (definition)]]
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*[[Imperfective Aspect (definition)]]
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*[[Stative Aspect (definition)]]
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
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*http://www.statemaster.com/encyclopedia/Perfect-aspect
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_aspect
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*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_aspect
http://www.statemaster.com/encyclopedia/Perfect-aspect
 
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
 
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*Crystal, David. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. The language library. Oxford, UK: Blackwell, 1997.
Crystal, David. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. The language library. Oxford, UK: Blackwell, 1997.
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*Reed, Sylvia L. (2012). The Semantics of Grammatical Aspect: Evidence from Scottish Gaelic. University of Arizona Ph.D dissertation.
  
 
[[Category: Technical Definitions]]
 
[[Category: Technical Definitions]]

Latest revision as of 20:23, 15 June 2012

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, or more simply that an action has been completed relative to some time of reference. In English, the perfect is marked with the auxiliary have and a Past Participle (definition): He has eaten. In Gaelic, it is marked with the auxiliary Bi (irregular verb) (e.g. bha), the verbal noun and the particle Air (aspect marker): bha mi air am bainne òl.

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External Links

The link below takes you away from the Gaelic Wiki to Wikipedia. Since wikipedia pages can be edited by anyone, they often contain inaccurate information. So be careful!

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.