[Lingtyp] Life-span of Perfect

[Sergey Lyosov]

Dear colleagues,
  We all feel that exclusive (or “non-combined”) exponents of Perfect and Resultative are much more short-lived than e.g. Simple Past, probably because both Perfect and Resultative are a luxury and tend to become something else, something more simple. Do you know of studies dealing with the life-span of these two categories in the world’s languages?
  Thank you very much,
  Sergey Loesov


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