Abstract
This paper analyzes primary tense and aspect distinctions in the Zhuokeji rGyalrong verb. The proposed analysis improves upon existing work on the same dialect partly due to its fine-tuned phonological treatment of the relevant verb forms, and partly due to its integration of methodological insights from recent theoretical work on tense and aspect, in particular Östen Dahl's framework as well as Carlota Smith's two-component approach to situational and viewpoint aspects. Zhuokeji is demonstrated to encode a typologically prominent aspectual opposition between Perfective and Imperfective as well as a distinction of absolute tense between Present Imperfective and Past Imperfective, with the Perfective usually carrying past-time reference.
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