This work analyzes the persistence of the model of the Spanish tenses proposed by Bello (1841), considering both the nuclear system and its extensions, specifically in the indicative mood. The model proposed by Bello is a landmark in the history of Spanish grammar because of its elegance and descriptive adequacy. Bello not only proposed a tense scheme of remarkable perfection, but also dealt with problems that will be systematically studied in the XX century with the development of theories of aspectuality, modality and pragmatic meaning.
Keywords:
Spanish tenses, Spanish verbal system, Andrés Bello
Soto, G. (2014). The Spanish tense system: the persistence of Andrés Bello’s model. Boletín De Filología, 49(1), Pág. 161 – 178. Retrieved from https://actabioethica.uchile.cl/index.php/BDF/article/view/32437
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