Gday Herman.
In my view, "tenses" are an OK starting point with the BH verbal system
in that in my view the verbal forms are prototypically used to make
tense distinctions. However, with a system of only a few forms in a
world in which more semantic distinctions than tense are necessary, of
course the verbal forms can be, and are, used to make aspectual
distinctions: perfective, imperfective, etc.
know of any grammar that has yet to work with a seven vowel system, even
though this view has become pretty much the consensus outside the
grammars.
Sincerely,
David Kummerow.
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