Tense and aspect in Kuki-Chin
In modern Western society, people are accustomed to very accurate specifications of time location and of other phenomena relating to time. Many are at home talking of very small stretches of time, such as minutes, seconds, etc. When the linguistic possibilities are combined with those of standard ma...
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| description | In modern Western society, people are accustomed to very accurate specifications of time location and of other phenomena relating to time. Many are at home talking of very small stretches of time, such as minutes, seconds, etc. When the linguistic possibilities are combined with those of standard mathematical motion, an infinite degree of precision is in principle attainable. In many other cultures, however, such precision is not possible, except perhaps by direct borrowing of expressions from the languages of more advanced societies. Indeed, in some cultures, very little value is attached to precision in temporal location, so that in Yidiny, for instance, it is impossible to distinguish lexically between the concept of `today' and `now' (Dixon 1977:498-499). |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1780912024-06-10T07:34:02Z Tense and aspect in Kuki-Chin Singh, Chungkham Yashawanta Manipur University Arts and Humanities In modern Western society, people are accustomed to very accurate specifications of time location and of other phenomena relating to time. Many are at home talking of very small stretches of time, such as minutes, seconds, etc. When the linguistic possibilities are combined with those of standard mathematical motion, an infinite degree of precision is in principle attainable. In many other cultures, however, such precision is not possible, except perhaps by direct borrowing of expressions from the languages of more advanced societies. Indeed, in some cultures, very little value is attached to precision in temporal location, so that in Yidiny, for instance, it is impossible to distinguish lexically between the concept of `today' and `now' (Dixon 1977:498-499). Published version 2024-06-07T07:20:10Z 2024-06-07T07:20:10Z 1999 Journal Article Singh, C. Y. (1999). Tense and aspect in Kuki-Chin. Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area, 22(2), 149-168. https://dx.doi.org/10.32655/LTBA.22.2.09 0731-3500 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/178091 10.32655/LTBA.22.2.09 2 22 149 168 en Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area © 1999 The Editor(s). All rights reserved. application/pdf |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Tense and aspect in Kuki-Chin |
| title_short | Tense and aspect in Kuki-Chin |
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