Tense and aspect comparison between Griko, Modern Greek and Italian for the indicative

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institution SOAS, University of London
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language English
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description This essay investigates how Griko, an Italiot-Greek language, spoken in Italy, forms verbs in comparison to Modern Greek and Italian, by focusing on the present tense, the imperfect, the past tense, the present perfect, the past perfect and lastly, the progressive aspect, as those are the tenses and aspects found in Griko. The primary findings suggest that the verbal morphology of Griko is somewhat cognate to that of Modern Greek, with some influence from Italian, primarily in the present perfect and the progressive aspect, due to Griko being in contact with Italian. The essay concludes by stating that Griko verbal morphology functions the same way as Modern Greek morphology does, due to both languages being typologically similar and due to both languages being derived from Ancient Greek, despite long contact with Italian.
format Journal Article
author Zeikos, Paris Alexandros
author_facet Zeikos, Paris Alexandros
authorStr Zeikos, Paris Alexandros
author_letter Zeikos, Paris Alexandros
title Tense and aspect comparison between Griko, Modern Greek and Italian for the indicative
publisher SOAS University of London
publishDate 2021
url https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/35590/

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