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Author Wilhelm, Andrea, author.

Title Telicity and durativity : a study of aspect in Dëne Suliné (Chipewyan) and German / Andrea Wilhelm
Published London : Routledge, Taylor and Francis Ltd, 2016

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Description 1 online resource
Series Studies in linguistics
Studies in linguistics (New York, N.Y.)
Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Tables; List of Maps; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Chapter One Introduction; 1. Basic Research Question; 2. Method; 3. Findings: Preview; 4. Theoretical Assumptions; 5. Outline; PART I: DËNE SŲŁINÉ; Chapter Two Viewpoint Aspect and Its Influence on Situation Type in Dëne; 1. Introduction to Dëne Sųłiné; 2. The Dëne Viewpoints; 3. Perfectivity and Telicity; 4. Conclusion; Chapter Three Telicity Is Not Grammatized in Dëne; 1. Verb Theme Categories; 2. Conjugation Markers; 3. CM's Do Not Mark Telicity (but Perhaps Durativity)
4. Objects5. Discussion; PART II: GERMAN; Chapter Four Telicity in German; 1. Telicity Is Easily Distinguished; 2. Telicity in the Morphosyntax I: Well-Known Facts; 3. Telicity in the Morphosyntax II: Particle Verbs and Telicity; 4. Conclusion; Chapter Five Viewpoint Aspect and Durativity in German; 1. Viewpoint Aspect in German?; 2. Durativity Is Not Grammatized; Chapter Six The Grammatization of Aspectual Notions; 1. Introduction; 2. The Different Natures of Telicity and Durativity; 3. Grammatization; 4. Non-Grammatization; 5. Implications, Consequences, Further Work; Appendix One
Appendix TwoAppendix Three; Notes; Bibliography; Author Index; Subject Index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed May 18, 2016)
Subject Chipewyan language -- Aspect
German language -- Aspect
Chipewyan language -- Temporal constructions
German language -- Temporal constructions
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Native American Languages.
German language -- Aspect
German language -- Temporal constructions
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781135921705
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