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Re-assessing the present perfect /
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Other Authors: | , , |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Berlin :
De Gruyter Mouton,
[2016]
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| Series: | Topics in English linguistics ;
91. |
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Table of contents ; Acknowledgements ; List of abbreviations ; 0. Introduction: The present perfect
- a re-assessment ; Part I: Diachronic and synchronic perspectives on the perfect in native varieties of English
- 1. From possessive-resultative to perfect? Re-assessing the meaning of [hæbb- + past participle] constructions in Old English prose 2. The to-infinitival perfect: A study of decline ; 3. Expression of the perfect in two contact varieties of English
- 4. Narrative-embedded variation and change: The sociolinguistics of the Australian English narrative present perfect Part II: Perfects across varieties of English ; 5. Present perfect and past tense in Black South African English
- 6. The present perfect in New Englishes: Common patterns in situations of language contact 7. The perfect space in creole-related varieties of English: The case of Jamaican English ; 8. The frequency of the present perfect in varieties of English around the world
- 9. Rise of the undead? be-perfects in World Englishes Part III: Building bridges ; 10. The present perfect in learner Englishes: A corpus-based case study on L1 German intermediate and advanced speech and writing