Abstract EN:

Cognitive grammars and particularly the GAG have supplied the theoretical basis of the analysis of tenses in Greek and French. The division of states, events and processes has allowed us to clarify the similarities and differences between Greek and French (aorist, " imperfect ", perfect in Greek, passé composé, passé simple, imparfait in French). The comparison between the two languages has given us the opportunity to capture fundamental differences in the way the speakers of these languages perceive the " past ". We have used extensively the theory of Enunciation: the speaker's point of view. This thesis is based largely on the assumption that languages influence the way speakers of different languages perceive and verbalize human experience.