Werner, ValentinValentinWerner0000-0003-2669-35572019-09-192016-05-2320169789027249173https://fis.uni-bamberg.de/handle/uniba/40463This study provides an analysis of the Present Perfect (PrPf; have + V-en) in World Englishes. To this end, I extract occurrences of the PrPf from the International Corpus of English and annotate them manually for various factors (such as semantics, Aktionsart, temporal adverbials). I analyze the distributions of these factors and define a central PrPf context, while I also explore a multidimensional aggregative approach as a means to establish measures of similarity between the different varieties. In addition, I present a measure of PrPf-friendliness and examine alternative surface forms appearing in perfect contexts. Eventually I relate the findings to existing models of World Englishes, whose applicability I critically review in the light of the findings for the feature under investigation.engpresent perfectWorld Englishestensetime-referenceInternational Corpus of Englishbookpart10.1075/veaw.g57.06wer