The Oxford Handbook of Tense and AspectRobert I. Binnick Tense and aspect are means by which language refers to time--how an event takes place in the past, present, or future. They play a key role in understanding the grammar and structure of all languages, and interest in them reaches across linguistics. The Oxford Handbook of Tense and Aspect is a comprehensive, authoritative, and accessible guide to the topics and theories that currently form the front line of research into tense, aspect, and related areas. The volume contains 36 chapters, divided into 6 sections, written by internationally known experts in theoretical linguistics. |
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acquisition activity adverbials analysis appear approach argued argument associated bound called Cambridge chapter classes clause combination completed concepts concerns considered constructions context continuous contrast creoles defined definition denotes described discourse discussed distinction English event example expression fact Figure formal French function future given grammatical grammaticalization habitual imperfective indicates interpretation interval involved John language lexical Linguistics logical marked markers meaning modal morphology narrative natural nominal noted notion occur operator Oxford past tense perfect phrase possible pragmatic predicates present progressive properties proposed question reading reference relation relative relevant remote represented requires respect result Russian semantics sentences similar simple situation Slavic speaker specific speech structure suggests syntactic Table telic temporal tense and aspect tense-aspect theory tion translation University Press utterance verb verbal