| Description |
1 online resource (330 pages) |
| Series |
Cahiers Chronos ; v. 25 |
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Cahiers Chronos.
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| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; Why imperative sentences cannot be embedded; Sporadic aspect as a pragmatic enrichment of dynamic root modality; Tense-aspect acquisition meets typology; Discourse structure and the perfective evolution of the Australian Present Perfect : Some new hypotheses; Future time reference and irrealis modality in Chamorro : A study of preverbal para; The syntax and semantics of infinitival yet constructions; Cross-linguistic variation in temporal adjunct clauses; On modal tenses and tensed modals |
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The realis and irrealis distinction in the Iquito languageRealis, factuality and derived-levelstatives: Perspectives from the analysis of Singlish got; Behavior adjectives: Dynamic, agentive and unergative; A defence of the overlap criterion for distinguishing between the French gerund and present participle; Locating Italian volere 'to want' and volerci 'to be needed, to be required' in the Verb-to-TAM chain; Ser and estar : Phrase structure and aspect |
| Summary |
The present volume is a collection of fourteen original papers selected from those presented at the first US installment of Chronos: International Conference on Tense, Aspect, Mood and Modality, which took place at the University of Texas at Austin in Oct |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Tense -- Congresses
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Aspect -- Congresses
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Mood -- Congresses
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Grammar & Punctuation.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Syntax.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Aspect
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Mood
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Tense
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Russi, Cinzia
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| ISBN |
9789401208345 |
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9401208344 |
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