Re: [tied] Stative Verbs, or Perfect Tense

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>Thanks for your answer.
>Regarding Hittite, I believe that a lot of the characteristics of Hittite
>(endings, paradigms, etc.) are not shared by other Indo-European languages,
>and therefore one might be obliged to consider Hittite as being outside the
>original Indo-European system -- related, but independent in many respects.
> Thus I would not consider the Hittite evidence as being a strong
>indication that the "perfect" should not be regarded as a (past) tense. Of
>course, I'm no expert, I'm more of a dilettante, but this is the impression
>I have of Hittite.

Hittite, while very early, still shares a large part of IE, both in grammar
and vocabulary. Most of the grammar is clearly IE. Most of the vocabulary is
clearly IE. Yes, there are changes, but you expect that.

Hittitle, like Tocharian and Luwian, is solidly within the IE "umbrella".