The Old Russian Perfect in Terms of Realization the Functional-Semantic Category of Temporality
The author of the article proposes to examine the phenomenon of the ancient Perfect evolution and turning it into universal past tense from extra-linguistic point of view – as a result of rethinking the world order in general, and the time, in particular. Also it is noted a change in the functions of simple preterits: in the texts of the late period they act as system-stabilizing forms.