The Grammar of the English Verb Phrase.

The Grammar of the English Verb Phrase. / Volume 1, : The Grammar of the English Tense System ; A Comprehensive Analysis.

The Grammar of the English Tense System forms the first volume of a four-volume set, The Grammar of the English Verb Phrase. The other volumes, to appear over the next few years, will deal with mood and modality, aspect and voice. The book aims to provide a grammar of tense which can be used both as...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
VerfasserIn:
Declerck, Renaat,
MitwirkendeR:
Cappelle, Bert,
Reed, Susan,
Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2008]
©2006
Year of Publication:2008
Language:English
Series:Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL] , 60.1
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Physical Description:1 online resource (846 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of contents
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Towards a theory of tense and time
  • 3. The absolute use of the present tense
  • 4. The absolute past tense
  • 5. The absolute use of the present perfect
  • 6. The present perfect vs the preterite in clauses
  • without temporal adverbials
  • 7. Absolute tense forms referring to the
  • post-present
  • 8. Temporal domains and relative tenses:
  • theoretical foundations
  • 9. Temporal subordination in the various
  • time-zones
  • 10. Two tense systems withpost-present
  • reference
  • 11. Tense choice determined by temporal
  • focus
  • 12. Preterite vs present perfect in clauseswith
  • temporal adverbials
  • 13. Adverbial when-clauses and the use of
  • tenses
  • 14. Adverbial before-clauses and
  • after-clauses
  • Backmatter

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