Ludwig Paul. « Präteritum und Perfekt im Soghdischen ». Indogermanische Forschungen 102, (1997), pp. 199-205. [The preterite and perfect in Sogdian]
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1The author shows how the distribution of forms of the preterite (traditionally « imperfect ») and perfect (in my terminology « preterite » !) varies from one Sogdian text to another, the difference being attributed to a gradual replacement of the preterite by the perfect, first in the spoken and later in the written language. On the form [Lʾ] nʾyrt « he did not plan » in the parable of the two snakes (p. 204 fn.) see Sims-Williams, MSS 56, 1996, p. 176 (probably a historic present).
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Nicholas Sims-Williams, “Ludwig Paul. « Präteritum und Perfekt im Soghdischen ». Indogermanische Forschungen 102, (1997), pp. 199-205. [The preterite and perfect in Sogdian]”, Abstracta Iranica [Online], Volume 22 | 2001, document 56, Online since 15 February 2010, connection on 09 November 2025. URL: http://journals.openedition.org/abstractairanica/36189; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4000/abstractairanica.36189
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