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Aspect Marker in Sihai (Tangkhul)

Wahengbam Robert Singh

Abstract

The main objective of this paper is to highlight the aspect marker in Sihai Language. Sihai Language belongs to the Naga groups of the Tibeto-Burman language Family (Grierson, 1904 vol. iii, part iii). It is spoken in the northern side of Ukhrul District, 32 km away from Ukhrul town. The number of speaker of this language is about 1200 (Census of India 2011).

The present paper discusses the following aspect markers in Sihai language: simple aspect, progressive aspect, perfective aspect and irrealis or unrealise aspect. These aspects markers are suffixes which are attached to the verb roots.

Simple aspect expresses the habitual or universal truth of an event which is indicated by the morphemes –e and –i. These two morphemes have the following allophones -ke, –mi, -pe, -ye, and -?i.

Progressive aspect expresses an event which is going on and is indicated by the morpheme –lile.

Perfective aspect expresses an event which is completed and is indicated by the morpheme –ne. Irrealis or unrealise aspect expresses an event which will be carried out in the near future and is indicated by the suffix –nuroi.

Key words:simple, progressive, perfective, irrealis or unrealized.

Introduction

The term 'aspect' designates the perspective taken on the internal temporal organisation of the situation, and so 'aspects' distinguish different ways of viewing the internal temporal constituency of the same situation (Comrie 1976:3ff, after Holt 1943:6; Bybee 2003:157). The 'situation' is meant here as a general term covering events, processes, states, etc., as expressed by the verb phrase or the construction.

Four types of aspect in Sihai Language are discussed as below.

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Wahengbam Robert Singh
Department of Linguistics
Manipur University
Imphal- 795103
Manipur
India
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