Abstract
This article highlights the results of a corpus-based study of the Definite Future tense in modern Tajik, the semantic features of which are not specified in Tajik reference grammars. The article deals with the specific morphosyntactic features of the Definite Future which distinguish it from other analytical verbal forms in the Tajik language. Corpus data shows that the Definite Future is not limited to written texts only, but is also used in contexts where oral speech is imitated (dialogues and monologues). The modality of this form is closely related (but not limited to) an epistemic judgment by the speaker as ‘highly probable’. Examples of the stylistic use of the Definite Future as a synonym for the Present-Future Tense are also considered.
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