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Perfect Explorations / ed. by Artemis Alexiadou, Monika Rathert, Arnim von Stechow.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Interface Explorations [IE] ; 2Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2012]Copyright date: ©2003Edition: Reprint 2012Description: 1 online resource (404 p.) : Zahlr. Abb. u. TabContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9783110172294
  • 9783110902358
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 425 22
LOC classification:
  • P281 .P46 2003eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Table of contents -- Introduction: the modules of Perfect constructions -- Participles and voice -- Temporal homogeneity and the Italian Perfect -- Arabie Perfect and temporal adverbs -- A puzzle about until and the Present Perfect -- A little bit more on the English Perfect -- Observations about the form and meaning of the Perfect -- On the stativity of the English Perfect -- Tense, aspect, and the Greek Perfect -- Seit-adverbials in Perfect constructions -- The aspectual makeup of Perfect participles and the interpretations of the Perfect -- Perfect readings in Russian -- Universal-existential puzzles -- Possession and conversation: the case of the category Perfect -- Subject Index -- Author Index
Summary: This volume contains contributions dealing with the syntax, morphology, semantics, and diachronic development of the Perfect and the components it is built on across languages. The volume brings these aspects together, working towards a comprehensive theory of the Perfect which takes into consideration the interfaces between the various components of the grammar. Issues addressed include: the temporal vs. aspectual character of the perfect, the contribution of adverbial modification, the structure of the perfect participle.
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Frontmatter -- Table of contents -- Introduction: the modules of Perfect constructions -- Participles and voice -- Temporal homogeneity and the Italian Perfect -- Arabie Perfect and temporal adverbs -- A puzzle about until and the Present Perfect -- A little bit more on the English Perfect -- Observations about the form and meaning of the Perfect -- On the stativity of the English Perfect -- Tense, aspect, and the Greek Perfect -- Seit-adverbials in Perfect constructions -- The aspectual makeup of Perfect participles and the interpretations of the Perfect -- Perfect readings in Russian -- Universal-existential puzzles -- Possession and conversation: the case of the category Perfect -- Subject Index -- Author Index

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This volume contains contributions dealing with the syntax, morphology, semantics, and diachronic development of the Perfect and the components it is built on across languages. The volume brings these aspects together, working towards a comprehensive theory of the Perfect which takes into consideration the interfaces between the various components of the grammar. Issues addressed include: the temporal vs. aspectual character of the perfect, the contribution of adverbial modification, the structure of the perfect participle.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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