Re: time distinctions

> From: J Matthew Pearson
>
> Yoon Ha Lee wrote:
>
> > Various things like progressive, imperfect, perfect, etc.  (Do
> they count
> > as time distinctions?)
>
> As other people have noted, these are aspects.  My conlang Tokana has four
> verb forms which conflate tense and aspect.  These are the non-past,
> progressive, past, and completive (the last two are also called the past
> definite and past indefinite, which may be better terms):
This conflation is quite common I would think.  In fact, I find it difficult
to clearly separate the two concepts, aspect and tense.  I am, of course,
aware of the academic distinctions, but find it hard to think of one without
the other.

David

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