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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788949303321

Autore

Korrel Lia <1951->

Titolo

Duration in English : a basic choice, illustrated in comparison with Dutch / / Lia Korrel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; New York : , : Mouton de Gruyter, , 1991

ISBN

3-11-085994-7

Edizione

[Reprint 2014]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (156 p.)

Collana

Topics in English linguistics ; ; 5

Disciplina

425

Soggetti

English language - Tense

English language - Grammar, Comparative - Dutch

Dutch language - Grammar, Comparative - English

Dutch language - Tense

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.--UniversiteĢ Laval, 1988), originally presented under the title: Representing duration in the Dutch and the English verb.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [135]-142) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. The systems of mood and aspect: Form and meaning -- Chapter 2. The first difference: Expressing "duration so far" -- Chapter 3. The second difference: The Transpast Transcendent and the expression of past time -- Chapter 4. The third difference: The elusiveness of present relevance -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index