MIDDLE ARMENIAN-WESTERN ARMENIAN TRANSITIONS IN INDICATIVE MOOD: THE IMPERFECT PRESENT AND IMPERFECT PAST

Abstract

Middle Armenian and Western Armenian are very closely interconnected. This is
manifested at all levels of language. This means that Western Armenian was directly derived from Middle Armenian. However, the studies carried out concerning this issue can hardly be considered sufficient to prove this point. The existing studies are mostly general observations and are limited to certain phonetic, lexical, and mainly grammatical realities, which were subject to non-systemic analyzes. Meanwhile, the solution of the problem presupposes at least a detailed study of key linguistic realities. In the present article, an attempt has been made to give a complete and systematic description of one of such realities, the Imperfect present and Imperfect past of the Indicative Mood, in the context of the Middle Armenian – Western Armenian interrelation, which tends to show the close systemic connection and commonalities of those stages of development of literary Armenian language