Aspect–perfect and imperfect traditional qualities. Analysis and inconsistency

Here, the Spanish grammatical aspect and its traditional qualities in perfect and imperfect verb forms are analyzed in order to expose a problem of conceptual inconsistency. Taking into account the Real Academia Española (RAE) normativity, there is a misperception in the aspectual distinction between the simple and compound tenses in Spanish, or in Latin, infectum and perfectum. After a proper understanding of the concept of participle , formed by the auxiliary to have , a different terminology is proposed to solve the problem: the terms continuous and discontinuous are proposed as new qualities of the grammatical aspect. Such a change would also suggest a new verbal accident: that of state . An explanatory methodology was implemented in this project, in order to specify the concept of aspect in the field of the Spanish language. To a lesser degree, a descriptive methodology was also used, by means of the presentation of specific, insightful examples to support the current concept of aspect .

• Fecha de publicación: 2017
• Institución: Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia
• Repositorio: RiUPTC: Repositorio Institucional UPTC
• Idioma: spa
• OAI Identifier: oai:repositorio.uptc.edu.co:001/10923
• Acceso en línea: https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/linguistica_hispanica/article/view/5853; https://repositorio.uptc.edu.co/handle/001/10923
• Palabra clave: Participle; Tense; Grammatical Aspect; Perfect; Imperfect; State; participio; tiempo; aspecto; perfecto; imperfecto; estado.; participe; temps; aspect; parfait; imparfait; état; particípio; tempo; aspecto; perfeito; imperfeito; estado
• Rights: openAccess
• License: Copyright (c) 2017 Cuadernos de Lingüística Hispánica