TESI Sara Eco Conti - Scuola Normale Superiore

Perfetto, trattato nel libro del 1997, viene definito come lo stato risultato di un’azione
passata, di cui viene analizzata l’evoluzione nel tempo. 318
318 “PS is adopted if the speaker wishes to suggest questions as to what he further has to say. With
terminative and with punctual actions respectively he is free to choose AS only when referring to
actions which have reached their end and which have been accomplished respectively In these cases
the choice of AS by itself has implications for the reality which the expression refers to, whereas the
interpretation of PS is even here determined by the context: the choice of PS by itself does not imply
that a ‘conative’ or ‘infective’ interpretation is intended.” Sicking (1991: 38).
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