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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462531903321

Autore

Depraetere Ilse <1964->

Titolo

The tense system in English relative clauses [[electronic resource] ] : a corpus-based analysis / / Ilse Depraetere

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; New York, : Mouton de Gruyter, 1996, c1995

ISBN

3-11-086903-9

Edizione

[Reprint 2011]

Descrizione fisica

xvi, 434 p. : ill

Collana

Topics in English linguistics ; ; 16

Disciplina

425

Soggetti

English language - Relative clauses

English language - Tense

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [404]-428) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Definition of the concepts bounded-unbounded and telic-atelic -- Chapter 2. Declerck (1991a): tense in discourse (part 1) -- Chapter 3. The expression of temporal relations in past sector RCs -- Chapter 4. The expression of (W-)anteriority in pre-present sector RCs -- Chapter 5. The expression of (W-)anteriority and (W-)simultaneity in post- present sector RCs -- Chapter 6. Difference in contextual effects between mutually substitutable verb forms -- Chapter 7. The principle of unmarked temporal interpretation -- Chapter 8. Choice of binding TO in RCs -- General conclusion -- Appendix -- Notes -- References -- Index