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The Grammar of the English Verb Phrase : a Comprehensive Analysis.
Part of a four-volume series, "The Grammar of the English Verb Phrase", this book aims to provide a grammar of tense which can be used both as an advanced reference grammar (for example by MA-level or postgraduate students of English or linguistics) and as a scientific study which can act...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berlin :
Walter de Gruyter,
2006.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Table of contents
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Towards a theory of tense and time
- 3. The absolute use of the present tense
- 4. The absolute past tense
- 5. The absolute use of the present perfect
- 6. The present perfect vs the preterite in clauses without temporal adverbials
- 7. Absolute tense forms referring to the post-present
- 8. Temporal domains and relative tenses: theoretical foundations
- 9. Temporal subordination in the various time-zones
- 10. Two tense systems withpost-present reference
- 11. Tense choice determined by temporal focus
- 12. Preterite vs present perfect in clauseswith temporal adverbials
- 13. Adverbial when-clauses and the use of tenses
- 14. Adverbial before-clauses and after-clauses
- Backmatter