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Author Davidsen-Nielsen, Niels

Title Tense and mood in English : a comparison with Danish / Niels Davidsen-Nielsen
Published Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, 1990

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Description 1 online resource (236 pages) : illustrations
Series Topics in English linguistics ; 1
Topics in English linguistics ; 1.
Contents Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 Auxiliaries -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Epistemic And Non-Epistemic Modals -- 2.3. Criteria Of Auxiliarity -- 2.4. The Semantic Criterion -- 2.5. The Criterion Of Functional Dependency -- 2.6. The Criterion Of Permanence Of The Lexical Restrictions Of VÊð -- 2.7. The Criterion Of Direct Attachment -- 2.8. Analysis Proposed -- Chapter 3 Analysis Of Mood -- 3.1. The Concept Of Modality -- 3.2. Mood In English -- 3.3. Mood In Danish -- Chapter 4 Analysis Of Tense -- 4.1. Time And Tense
4.2. Number Of Tenses And Their Implementation 4.3. Tense Meanings -- 4.4. Eight Or Six Tenses? -- 4.5. Other Analytical Possibilities -- 4.6. Tense In Fiction -- Chapter 5 Mood Usage -- 5.1. Possibility -- 5.2. Necessity -- 5.3. Probability -- 5.4. Report -- 5.5. Imperative -- 5.6. Subjunctive -- 5.7. Mood In Non-Finite Verb Phrases -- Chapter 6 Tense Usage -- 6.1. Present Time Meaning -- 6.2. Future Time Meaning -- 6.3. Past Time Meaning -- 6.4. Anterior Time Meaning -- 6.5. Anterior Past Time Meaning
6.6. Anterior Future Time Meaning 6.7. Future Of The Past Time Meaning -- 6.8. Anterior Future Of The Past Time Meaning -- 6.9. Summary -- 6.10. Tense Usage In Indirect Speech -- 6.11. Tense In Non-Finite Clauses -- Chapter 7 Modal Usage Of Tenses -- 7.1. The Present -- 7.2. The Future -- 7.3. The Present Perfect -- 7.4. The Future Perfect -- 7.5. The Past -- 7.6. The Future Of The Past -- 7.7. The Past Perfect -- 7.8. The Future Perfect Of The Past -- 7.9. Summary -- Chapter 8 Semi-Auxiliaries And Deontic Modality -- 8.1. Permission
8.2. Compulsion 8.3. Obligation -- 8.4. Duty -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject English language -- Tense.
English language -- Mood.
English language -- Grammar, Comparative -- Danish
Danish language -- Grammar, Comparative -- English
Danish language -- Tense
Danish language -- Mood
Danish language -- Grammar, Comparative -- English
English language -- Grammar, Comparative -- Danish
English language -- Mood
English language -- Tense
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9783110860184
311086018X