@proceedings {9727, title = {Άποψη, χρόνος και ιστορία}, journal = {Μελέτες για την ελληνική γλώσσα 27: Πρακτικά της 27ης συνάντησης του Τομέα Γλωσσολογίας του ΑΠΘ}, year = {2007}, pages = {286-299}, publisher = {Τομέας Γλωσσολογίας, Τμήμα Φιλολογίας, ΑΠΘ}, address = {Θεσσαλονίκη}, abstract = {

Greek is assumed to be particularly conservative in terms of its verbal system, which is supposed to have always been organised on the basis of the grammatical category of aspect. This paper claims that, on the contrary, a major change has occurred between the early stages, as seen in the Homeric poems, and Modern Greek. Originally, the three stems of the verb represented the three main types of Aktionsart: states (Perfect), telic activities (Aorist) and atelic activities (Present). Through a gradual grammaticalization process the Aorist and Present stems came to express the binary aspectual distinction of perfectivity and imperfectivity, a change that explains the loss of the third stem. Christidis{\textquoteright}s astute observations about the role of ideological constructs in the perception of language change explain the failure of scholars to notice this rather striking difference between the ancient and the modern system.\ 

}, url = {http://www.ins.web.auth.gr/images/MEG_PLIRI/MEG_27_286_299.pdf}, author = {Αμαλία Μόζερ} }