An Extended Study on Tense and Aspect Markers in Pagu

This paper revisits four clitics of Pagu (a West-Papuan language spoken in North Halmahera, Indonesia) those that have been described as Tense and Aspect markers (Wimbish 1991): -oka, -ou -osi, -uli. The first one is considered a tense marker for ‘non-future’ time, while the other three are aspect ‘perfective’, ‘imperfective’, ‘repetitive’ respectively. Following metatypy approach (Ross 2006; 2001), I argue these tense-aspect functions, at same time under unified analysis, each should an extended function vis. ‘locational space time’, ‘confirmative’, ‘durative’, ‘repetitive presupposition marker’, These meanings functions based on speakers’ interpretation them local lingua franca variety Maluku Malay). supports Bowden’s (2012) argument indigenous languages Halmahera (Papuan) influenced present varieties Malay region.