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The perfective aspect in english and portuguese: a constrative study on semantic basis
Registro en:
ALFA: Revista de Linguística, v. 24, 1980.
1981-5794
0002-5216
ISSN1981-5794-1980-24-137-148.pdf
Autor
Monteiro, Dirce Charara
Neves, Maria Helena de Moura
Rodrigues, Sonia Veasey
Resumen
An exam of the occurrences of the PRESENT PERFECT in Englishwas made in such a way as to establish the prevailing semantic features ofthis verbal form. I t was verified up to what an extent the meaning of thePERFECTIVE thus characterized is expressed in the corresponding Portuguesesentences in the PRETÉRITO PERFEITO. It was found that in Portuguesethe verbal inflexion itself characterizes in a much smaller degree the PERFECTIVE ASPECT.