02867nam 22006253u 450 991078219670332120230422045430.01-282-16296-9978661216296190-272-9873-4(CKB)1000000000520690(EBL)623013(OCoLC)70766105(SSID)ssj0000283189(PQKBManifestationID)11227845(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000283189(PQKBWorkID)10324504(PQKB)10757393(MiAaPQ)EBC623013(EXLCZ)99100000000052069020130729d1999|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Prominence of Tense, Aspect and Mood[electronic resource]Amsterdam/Philadelphia John Benjamins Publishing Company19991 online resource (213 p.)Studies in Language Companion SeriesDescription based upon print version of record.1-55619-935-X 90-272-3052-8 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)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 other of the three verbal categories, namely tense, aspect and mood, by grammaticalizing the chosen category to a greater degree than others, and by making it more obligatory, more systematic and more pervasive than others. The grouping, however, involves a gradation, as is indeed the case with otheStudies in Language Companion SeriesGrammar, Comparative and general -- VerbLinguisticsTypology (Linguistics)Philology & LinguisticsHILCCLanguages & LiteraturesHILCCGrammar, Comparative and general -- Verb.Linguistics.Typology (Linguistics).Philology & LinguisticsLanguages & Literatures415Bhat D.N.S174509AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910782196703321The Prominence of Tense, Aspect and Mood3822771UNINA