Aspect in grammatical variation /

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The articles in this edited volume represent a range of approaches to studying the role of verbal aspect in grammatical variation. Issues addressed include: defining the variable context; operationalizing aspectual distinctions as factors conditioning linguistic variation; and the appropriate number...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Walker, James A. (James Anthony)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2010.
Series:Studies in language variation ; v. 6.
Subjects:
Language and languages > Variation.
Grammar, Comparative and general.
Variation (Linguistique)
Grammaire comparée et générale.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY > Ancient Languages.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Historical & Comparative.
Grammar, Comparative and general
Language and languages > Variation
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Aspect in Grammatical Variation; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; 1. Introduction; 2. Grammaticalization paths as variable contexts in weak complementarity in Spanish; 3. Aspectual periphrases and syntactic variation in Brazilian Portuguese; 4. Aspect and the English Present Perfect; 5. Coding compositional aspect in French; 6. Breaking old habits; 7. Affairs of state; 8. A new methodology for the study of aspect in contact; 9. Expressing tense and aspect; Index; The Studies in Language Variation Series.

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