Tense, aspect and the organization of Polish narrative
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10879946 |
|---|---|
| Authors | William J Sullivan (0009-0002-9671-1239, University of Florida), David R Bogdan (Matsuyama University) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 357-368 |
| Publication date | 2001-12-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | WORD (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0043-7956 • E-ISSN: 2373-5112 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00437956.2001.11432518 |
| OpenAlex | W1541142000 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
Aspect in Slavic has traditionally been described as a perfective-imperfective opposition. We show that a binary description of Polish aspect does not suffice morphologically, lexically, or semantically. We propose a tripartite system which allows for the derivation of perfectives from imperfectives and of imperfectives from both perfectives and imperfectives. We then show how the distribution of tense-aspect (T/A) forms organizes oral narrative in Polish, using a spontaneous text produced by a native speaker. T/A choices provide coherence in discourse blocks, letting the speaker keep main and substories distinct and permitting viewpoint shifts in narrative that would otherwise be confusing
Binary opposition · Coherence (philosophical gambling strategy · Linguistics · Morpheme · Narrative · Opposition (politics · Political science · Slavic languages · Computer Science · History · Language and Culture · Law · Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity · Literature, Language, and Rhetoric Studies · Mathematics · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.11 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2008 - 2026 (19) |
| Highly cited | No |