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In:The Perfect Volume: Papers on the perfect
Edited by Kristin Melum Eide and Marc Fryd
[Studies in Language Companion Series 217] 2021
► pp. 65–86

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Chapter 3
Perfect and its relatives in Atayal

 | Russian State University for the Humanities
Published online: 9 July 2021
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https://doi.org/10.1075/slcs.217.03gor
Abstract
This paper is a result of a typologically-oriented study of the Atayal TMA system. The data is approached under the framework of the TMA Questionnaire of Dahl (1985). Five markers that are found in the perfect-related contexts of the Questionnaire are described in more detail. For each marker it is suggested which cross-linguistic category type it might represent and how this language-specific realization fits into known typology for the category.
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.The unexpected pretender: Resultative
  • 3. Wa(l)-construction: An almost perfect perfect
  • 4.The infixed form: A discontinuous past
  • 5.New formation: A specialized experiential construction in the Pyanan variety
  • 6.Particle la : Yet another perfect relative
  • 7.Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Abbreviations
  • References
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