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Aspectual grammar and past-time reference / Laura A. Michaelis.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Michaelis, Laura A., 1964-
- Series:
- Routledge studies in Germanic linguistics ; 4.
- Routledge studies in Germanic linguistics ; 4
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Grammar, Comparative and general--Aspect.
- Grammar, Comparative and general.
- Grammar, Comparative and general--Temporal constructions.
- Grammar, Comparative and general--Tense.
- Space and time in language.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (317 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 1998.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This study presents a semantic framework for analyzing all aspectual constructions in terms of the event state distinction, and describes the grammatical expression of aspectual meaning in terms of a theory of grammatical constructions. In this theory, grammatical constructions, like words, are conventionalized form-meaning pairs, which are best described not only with respect to their intrinsic semantic values, but also with respect to the functional oppositions in which they participate.
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of terms; List of abbreviations; INTRODUCTION; ASPECTUAL MEANING; THE GRAMMATICAL EMBODIMENT OF ASPECTUAL MEANING; THE ENGLISH PERFECT SYSTEM; THREE PERFECT FORMS; INTERPRETATIONS OF THE PRESENT PERFECT; CONCLUSION; Notes; References; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-287) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-134-73006-3
- 1-280-33080-5
- 0-203-27605-1
- 0-203-02998-4
- 9780203029985
- OCLC:
- 179163286
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