Proximative Aspect and Construction of Serial Verbs in Persian Language

A phasal construction is one of the inter-clausal relations that demonstrate the stages from the beginning to the end of an event. A proximative aspect is a kind of phasal construction, which is the phase of preinceptive and shows the probability of an event. In Persian language, progressive aspect is made of the combination of the auxiliary “dɑštan” (to have), the prefix “-mi” and the main verb. It can be expressed as a grammatical incomplete expression, and according to the context, if the main verb is an achievement or static verb, it is a proximative aspect. This study explored the proximative aspect of Serial Verb Construction (SVC) in Persian language using RRG framework. The purpose of was to determine the type of action of the main verb and the juncture-nexus SVC of proximative aspect in Persian. So, the data was collected from Najafi’ Perisan Dictionary, Persian Language Data Base, websites and other research work. After determining SVC on the basis of Aikhenvald’s criteria, the data were described and explained in the framework of RRG. The results showed that the SVC of proximative aspect has a nuclear subordination.