The Present Perfective Paradox across Languages.

This book presents an analysis of how speakers of typologically diverse languages report present-time situations. Astrid De Wit brings together cross-linguistic observations from English, French, the English-based creole language Sranan, and various Slavic languages, and relates them to the same phe...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: De Wit, Astrid
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : OUP Oxford, 2016.
Colección:Oxford studies of time in language and thought.
Temas:
Grammar, Comparative and general > Tense.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Aspect.
Temps (Linguistique)
Aspect (Linguistique)
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Grammar & Punctuation.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Syntax.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Aspect
Grammar, Comparative and general > Tense
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:This book presents an analysis of how speakers of typologically diverse languages report present-time situations. Astrid De Wit brings together cross-linguistic observations from English, French, the English-based creole language Sranan, and various Slavic languages, and relates them to the same phenomenon, the 'present perfective paradox'.
Notas:5.3 The semantics of the French simple present and how it avoids the rise of the present perfective paradox.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (236 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191077425
0191077429

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