In Verbal Aspect in Old Church Slavonic Jaap Kamphuis demonstrates that the aspect system of Old Church Slavonic can best be described if one divides the verbs into three main categories: perfective, imperfective and anaspectual. This differs from the traditional division into perfective and imperfective verbs only. To support the categorization, the study contains a corpus-based quantitative and qualitative analysis of the available Old Church Slavonic data. This analysis contributes to a better understanding of the development of aspect in Slavic. Kamphuis shows that aspect in Old Church Slavonic functions more like verbal aspect in the Western groups of Slavic languages (e.g. Czech) than verbal aspect in the Eastern group (e.g. Russian).
Jaap Kamphuis, Ph.D. (Leiden University, 2016), studied Slavic Languages and Cultures at the University of Amsterdam and at Leiden University. He specializes in verbal aspect in Slavic, with an emphasis on Old Church Slavonic and South Slavic.
Preface List of Illustrations
1 Old Church Slavonic
â1.0âIntroduction
â1.1âThe Moravian Mission
â1.2âThe Ohrid and Preslav Schools
â1.3âWhat Is OCS?
â1.4âThe OCS Canon
â1.5âDatabase and Parallel Corpus of OCS Gospel Texts
2 Verbal Aspect
â2.0âIntroduction
â2.1âLexical Aspect
â2.2âGrammatical Aspect
â2.3âVerbal Aspect in New Testament Greek
3 Research Questions and Hypotheses
â3.0âResearch Questions
â3.1âHypotheses and Further Outline of the Study
4 Various Approaches to Determining Aspect in OCS
â4.0âIntroduction
â4.1âAnaspectual Verbs
â4.2âDostál 1954
â4.3âEckhoff & Janda (2014)
â4.4âAmse-de Jong (1974)
â4.5âConcluding Remarks
5 Morphological Markers of Aspect
â5.0âIntroduction
â5.1âMorphological Markers of Aspect
â5.2âDatabase of OCS Verbs
â5.3âClassification of Verbs on Morphological Grounds
â5.4âConcluding Remarks
6 The OCS Verbal Paradigm
â6.0âIntroduction
â6.1âThe Paradigm of the OCS Verb
â6.2âThe Time-Relational Model of Tense
â6.3âPresent Tense
â6.4âAorist and Imperfect
â6.5âImperative
â6.6âPresent Participles
â6.7âPast Participles
â6.8âInfinitive and Supine
â6.9âConcluding Remarks
7 Grammatical Profile Analysis
â7.0âIntroduction
â7.1âCore Groups
â7.2âInclusion of the Other Groups in the Analysis
â7.3âConcluding Remarks
8 The Functions of Verbal Aspect in OCS
â8.0âIntroduction
â8.1âPresent Tense
â8.2âAorist and Imperfect
â8.3âAnaspectual Verbs
â8.4âSome Complicated Cases in the Perfective Group
â8.5âConcluding Remarks
9 Semantic Analysis of Non-core Groups
â9.0âIntroduction
â9.1âPrefixed Verbs without Suffixed Partner
â9.2âLeskien's Class~II and Partners
â9.3âPrefixed Verbs of Motion
â9.4âUnprefixed Verbs of Motion
â9.5âDerivational Chains with Extra Derived Verbs
â9.6âThe Verb byti
â9.7âConcluding Remarks
10 The Development of Derivational Aspect: a Case Study
â10.0âIntroduction
â10.1âCharacteristics of the Selected Verbs
â10.2âSemantic Analysis
â10.3âExtra Derived Forms
â10.4âCase Study Summary
â10.5âDerivational Aspect and the Role of the Imperfect
â10.6âConcluding Remarks
11 Conclusion
â11.0âResearch Questions and Hypotheses
â11.1âMethodology
â11.2âThe Functions of Verbal Aspect in OCS
â11.3âOrigin and Development of Slavic-Style Aspect
â11.4âFurther Research
Verb Forms Discussed in Examples References Index
This study is intended for scholars in the field of Slavic aspectology, and linguists that are interested in verbal aspect, as well as for students interested in Old Church Slavonic.