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The appearance and development of Perfect Forms in the English Language

Authors: Belikova I.F. Published: 14.06.2017
Published in issue: #7(57)/2017  
DOI: 10.18698/2306-8477-2017-7-452  
Category: Technological aspects of the engineering education | Chapter: Philology. Linguistics  
Keywords: perfect form, tense, aspect, the result of action, the category of tense relativity

The article considers appearance of perfect forms in English. It observes the history of perfect development giving comparison of perfect functions in English and other languages. The features of Perfect in old and Middle English are described and illustrated by examples of using Perfect by English authors in Middle English fiction.


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