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- Language Family: Other Benue-Congo
- Topic #1: Aspect and Mood
Aspectual Contrasts in Esan
In the literature on aspectual systems of many languages, it is generally believed that it is
not always easy to draw a distinction between tense and aspect, especially as both deal with
temporal reference. In spite of this situation, there are clear areas of distinction where aspectual contrasts are delineated from tense contrasts.
In this paper, we examine the various ways of expressing aspectual contrasts, highlighting
areas where tense and aspect impinge on each other as well as other areas which are distinctly aspectual.
Dans les ouvrages traitant des systèmes aspectuels de bien des langues on propose en
général qu’il n’est pas toujours facile de distinguer temps et aspect, surtout quand il s’agit de
références temporelles. Malgré cela il existe clairement des domaines où les contrastes d’aspect se distinguent des contrastes temporels.
Nous examinons ici les diverses manières d’exprimer les contrastes aspectuels, et nous
soulignons d’une part certains domaines où le temps et l’aspect se chevauchent, et d’autre part certains domaines où il s’agit nettement d’aspect.