Imperfectivity and the English progressive -- Perfectivity in English : the case of do -- Proximative aspect -- Aspectual collocations and nascent modality -- Generic aspect in the emergence of future will
Summary
The field of verbal aspect has been a focus for the derivation of a multiplicity of theoretical approaches ranging over decades of linguistic research. From the point of view of recent studies, though, there has been relatively little emphasis on the nature of the interaction of aspect with other categories, and the ways in which our knowledge of aspect acts as a primary semantic contributor to the creation of other basic verbal parameters such as tense and modality. This book aims to cross some of the categorial borders, using a collection of studies on the interfaces of English aspect with o
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-316) and indexes
