On the Identical Function of Bangla and Japanese Substantive Verb as an Aspectual Marker

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  • バングラ語と日本語の存在動詞のアスペクト標識としての共通的機能

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The aim of this study is to compare the morphosyntactic structure of the substantive verbs of Bangla and Japanese and their functions as aspectual marker. The BSV aach and the JSV iru will be the topic of the present study. Despite belonging to different language families, both BSV aach and JSV iru show a similar morphosyntactic feature. These verbs are posited in the predicate as principal verbs to form existential sentences. They are both defective verbs because they do not function in a regular paradigm of aspect and tense as a full verb does. In addition to the function as principal verb, both BSV aach and JSV aru/iru serve similar functions as an aspectual marker. As an aspectual marker, they are infixed between the base of the verb and the tense marker. The SV aach and aru/iru reflect the various aspects suffixed to different forms of verbs, such as the stem form and gerundive form of verbs. Aspects represent semantic notions, but SV is the structural (morphosyntactic) representation of aspects. The morphosyntactic represention of the aspects are called auxiliary verbs in traditional grammar in the sense that they ascribe additional meanings to the main verb.

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