The Present Perfective Paradox Across Languages

The Present Perfective Paradox Across Languages
Author: Astrid De Wit
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 236
Release: 2017
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0198759533

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This book presents an analysis of how speakers of typologically diverse languages report present-time situations. Astrid De Wit brings together cross-linguistic observations from English, French, the English-based creole language Sranan, and various Slavic languages, and relates them to the same phenomenon, the 'present perfective paradox'.


The Present Perfective Paradox Across Languages
Language: en
Pages: 236
Authors: Astrid De Wit
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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This book presents an analysis of how speakers of typologically diverse languages report present-time situations. Astrid De Wit brings together cross-linguistic
The Present Perfective Paradox Across Languages
Language: en
Pages: 263
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The Present in Linguistic Expressions of Temporality
Language: en
Pages: 261
Authors: Marie-Eve Ritz
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2023-11-30 - Publisher: Taylor & Francis

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This book offers a comprehensive examination of Present Time Expressions (PTEs), illustrating how a more informed understanding of their semantic and pragmatic
Perfects in Indo-European Languages and Beyond
Language: en
Pages: 702
Authors: Robert Crellin
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-09-15 - Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company

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This volume provides a detailed investigation of perfects from all the branches of the Indo-European language family, in some cases representing the first ever
Beyond Aspectual Semantics
Language: en
Pages: 369
Authors: Assistant Professor of English Linguistics Astrid de Wit
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2024-02-28 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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This volume examines the multifaceted nature of (grammatical) aspect. The chapters explore less typical contexts in which aspectual constructions are used, and