Aspect in the Lori of Khorramabad

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to investigate aspect in the hierarchy of constructing sentences in the Lori dialect of Khorramabad. This research has been done descriptively and analytically. The present study examined the status of the grammatical and lexical terms of aspect based on the Minimalist Program. Aspect is a grammatical projection that is the closest projector to the verb phrase. It shows the nature of the action of a verb as to its beginning, duration, completion, or repetition. Perfect and imperfect are the main categories of the grammatical aspect. Imperfect aspect hosts the aspect markers: “mɛ” ، “dɑšte” and the element aspect maker “hɑ” which is the specific-species form of imperfect aspect in Lori without agreement operations. The aspect markers are placed in the head of an aspect phrase between tense and little verb phrases. “hey” and “hani” are two elements conveying lexical aspect.

Keywords

• lexical aspect
• imperfect aspect
• perfect aspect
• lori of khorramabad