Sequence of Tenses: the Case of Amharic Intentional Sentences

• Authors: Lykowska L.
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The authoress analyses temporal relations in Amharic intentional sentences in which the subordinate clause is connoted by the verb of the main clause. Her approach leads to a schematic presentation of the sequence of tenses rules which govern temporal relations in Amharic intentional sentences. As the obligatory dependent clause of the intentional sentence is always introduced by a verb belonging to a specific group of verbs, she will also propose a list of verbs of this kind and indicate the double semantics of some of them, depending on the [+/- real modality] opposition.

Keywords

EN

TEMPORAL RELATIONS IN AMHARIC

Discipline

• PHILOLOGY_&_LINGUISTICS: PHILOLOGY & LINGUISTICS

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk
• Journal: Rocznik Orientalistyczny
• Year: 2006
• Volume: 59
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 142-150
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Lykowska L.

• L. Lykowska, Uniwersytet Warszawski, Instytut Orientalistyczny, ul. Krakowskie Przedmiescie 26/28, 00-927 Warszawa, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

07PLAAAA01914104