PPT-Tense, Aspect and Modality in Xhosa

Stefan Savić Rhodes University Outline 1 Xhosa 2 Verbal paradigm 3 Corpus data 4 Remoteness in the past tenses 5 Aspect 6 Modality in the future tenses NigerCongo Bantu. A modalized sentence locates an underlying or preja cent proposition in the space of possibilities the term prejacent was introduced by medieval logicians Sandy might be home says that there is a possibility that Sandy is home Sandy must be home say Tom Payne Tense, aspect and a little bit of modality in Kinnauri (Tibeto - Burman) (paper by Blessymol Binny and Tom Payne, presented by Tom Payne ) Kinnauri is spoken by about 65,000 people in the m The English Verb. Tense, Aspect, Mood. “This is going to sound really stupid, but is a verb a doing word?”. (a question asked by an English Literature undergraduate in a writing class, Autumn 2011). Presentation by: Bradley Setzer. Background Information. Found primarily in Eastern Cape province, South Africa.. The people speak . mutually . comprehensible parlances of a Bantu language of . the . Review of Steven T. Kuhn Department of Philosophy Georgetown University This is a collection of Kit Fine Verbs. Conjugate. Change the form of a verb. Example. r. un. run . => . runs. run . => . ran. run => will be running. Why are there different. forms. of . run. ? . Verbs . Show. . Time. Conjugation shows when actions occur. What is Tense? What is Aspect?. Tense. There are really only two true tenses in English : Past and Present . Indicates when the time of evaluation occurs. “future” is technically not a tense because there is no the verb is not marked. Editorials. The case of The. . Guardian. and . Al-Ahram Weekly. . Noha Abdel Kader, Lancaster University. Modality plays a role in reflecting underlying ideologies. Examples in two editorials dealing with the hotly . and . Its . Use in One Major . Commentary. By Noah W. Kelley. Syntax and Exegesis, Fall 2017. Part 1: Introduction. “. Verbal aspect has been the most controversial issue within Greek studies in the last twenty-five years” (Campbell, . Week 5_ Tense and Aspect Presenter _ Eunjin Jeung Eunsuk LEE 1 . Basic Forms The basic structure Basic structure of English verb forms Tense (Modal) (Perfect) (Progressive) Verb CONSTRUCTING FUTURITY: A CONTRASTIVE APPROACH TO L1 AND L2 DUTCH AND FRENCH Paul Sambre 1 , Julien Perrez 2 , Pascale Van Keirsbilck 1 , Cornelia Wermuth 1 University of Leuven 1 University of Liège Forms of Tense. Cf. ) The time line perspective. 1. Forms of tense. Tense . Present tense. Past tense. Forms of Aspect. 1. Forms . of. Aspect. Aspect . Perfect Aspect (Have . v. erb + en/. ed. ). Progressive Aspect . Stefan Savić. Rhodes University. Outline. 1. Xhosa. 2. Verbal paradigm. 3. Corpus data. 4. Remoteness in the past tenses. 5. Aspect. 6. Modality in the future tenses. Niger-Congo. . . . Bantu. irashite kudasai Do please come Tabun asu wa ame dar it will rain tomorrow kare wa konai rashii I gather it looks like hes not coming These adverbs are also important means of expression of modalit