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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809818503321

Autore

Depraetere Ilse <1964->

Titolo

The tense system in English relative clauses : 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

1 online resource (xvi, 434 pages)

Collana

Topics in English linguistics ; ; 16

Classificazione

HF 291

Disciplina

425

Soggetti

English language - Relative clauses

English language - Tense

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

Sommario/riassunto

The future of English linguistics as envisaged by the editors of Topics in English Linguistics lies in empirical studies which integrate work in English linguistics into general and theoretical linguistics on the one hand, and comparative linguistics on the other. The TiEL series features volumes that present interesting new data and analyses, and above all fresh approaches that contribute to the overall aim of the series, which is to further outstanding research in English linguistics.