<i>Nou</i>, <i>toe</i> en <i>dan</i> as temporele leksikale elemente in Afrikaans

Nou, toe and dan as temporal linguistic items in Afrikaans The temporal Afrikaans words nou, toe and dan are very frequently used in reference to the three contrasts of the temporal deixis: the present, past and future tenses. They also have the temporal function in common to mark the time-relation...

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Main Author: T. van der Merwe
Format: Article
Language:Afrikaans
Published: AOSIS 1996-04-01
Series:Literator
Online Access:https://literator.org.za/index.php/literator/article/view/606
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spelling doaj-582f2b7314954b57a5e3f9a477bd4bad2020-11-24T22:54:28ZafrAOSISLiterator0258-22792219-82371996-04-011729110410.4102/lit.v17i2.606545<i>Nou</i>, <i>toe</i> en <i>dan</i> as temporele leksikale elemente in AfrikaansT. van der Merwe0Departement Afrikaans en Nederlands, Universiteit van StellenboschNou, toe and dan as temporal linguistic items in Afrikaans The temporal Afrikaans words nou, toe and dan are very frequently used in reference to the three contrasts of the temporal deixis: the present, past and future tenses. They also have the temporal function in common to mark the time-relations between different parts of utterances which refer to a sequence of actions, events or slate of affairs. Each has, however, its own unique features. Toe for example could be described as "marked", since it can be used only to be indicative of the past, while nou and dan, on the other hand, are applicable in the broader spectrum of deictic reference, but not exactly parallel to each other in the different tenses.https://literator.org.za/index.php/literator/article/view/606
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<i>Nou</i>, <i>toe</i> en <i>dan</i> as temporele leksikale elemente in Afrikaans
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title <i>Nou</i>, <i>toe</i> en <i>dan</i> as temporele leksikale elemente in Afrikaans
title_short <i>Nou</i>, <i>toe</i> en <i>dan</i> as temporele leksikale elemente in Afrikaans
title_full <i>Nou</i>, <i>toe</i> en <i>dan</i> as temporele leksikale elemente in Afrikaans
title_fullStr <i>Nou</i>, <i>toe</i> en <i>dan</i> as temporele leksikale elemente in Afrikaans
title_full_unstemmed <i>Nou</i>, <i>toe</i> en <i>dan</i> as temporele leksikale elemente in Afrikaans
title_sort <i>nou</i>, <i>toe</i> en <i>dan</i> as temporele leksikale elemente in afrikaans
publisher AOSIS
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publishDate 1996-04-01
description Nou, toe and dan as temporal linguistic items in Afrikaans The temporal Afrikaans words nou, toe and dan are very frequently used in reference to the three contrasts of the temporal deixis: the present, past and future tenses. They also have the temporal function in common to mark the time-relations between different parts of utterances which refer to a sequence of actions, events or slate of affairs. Each has, however, its own unique features. Toe for example could be described as "marked", since it can be used only to be indicative of the past, while nou and dan, on the other hand, are applicable in the broader spectrum of deictic reference, but not exactly parallel to each other in the different tenses.
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