The prominence of tense, aspect, and mood /
The book puts forth an exciting hypothesis for the typologist. Its major claim is that languages can generally be regarded as belonging to a tense-prominent, aspect-prominent or mood-prominent language type. This grouping can be based upon the relative prominence that languages attach to one or the...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
J. Benjamins Pub.,
©1999.
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Full text (MFA users only) |
| ISBN: | 9789027298737 9027298734 9789027230522 9027230528 9781556199356 155619935X |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- THE PROMINENCE OF TENSE, ASPECT AND MOOD; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Preface; CHAPTER 1. Introduction; CHAPTER 2. Category of Tense; CHAPTER 3. Category of Aspect; CHAPTER 4. Category of Mood; CHAPTER 5. Basis of the Typology; CHAPTER 6. Classification of Languages; CHAPTER 7. Correlatable Characteristics; References; Index; STUDIES IN LANGUAGE COMPANION SERIES (SLCS).