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This paper aims to analyze the similarities and the differences in the expression of Present Perfect from Colloquial Singapore English (CSE) and Standard English (StE) according to Optimality Theory (McCarthy & Prince, 1993). They have similarities in that they have Present Perfect in sentences or conversations. However, sometimes their expressions are very different. Based on these phenomena, this paper investigates TETU (The Emergence of The Unmarked) in Present Perfect of CSE. In CSE, temporal adverb already, which has [DIPHASIC] and [ANTERIORITY] features according to Michaelis(1996) and Fong (2003), functions as an unmarked aspectual operator. This idea will be applied to Optimality Theory to examine TETU closely.


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Present Perfect, CSE, Optimality Theory, StE, TETU, already, [DIPHASIC], [ANTERIORITY], unmarked aspectual operator, lexico-semantic aspect, ambiguity, grammatical aspect, constraint, completion, inception, [E<S], NoVSC, MAX[PPAM], MAX[COM], MAX[INC], le, NoSMA, NoSFA