PERFECT from REFLEXIVE

Sergey Lyosov sergelyosov at INBOX.RU
Mon Jul 21 13:49:08 UTC 2014


Dear all,
In Akkadian, the Perfect tense (which functions much like the English Present Perfect) is generally thought to have emerged from the reflexive of the Past tense. Do you know of any other languages where the PERFECT has the same origin?
  Thank you very much,
  Sergey
 
Dr. Sergey Loesov
Oriental Institute
Russian State University for the Humanities
 
6 Miusskaya pl. Moscow 125267, Russia.      
Tel.: (7095) 250-6733, (7095) 250-6994


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