The BE + -ING form: Progressive aspect and metonymy
We propose a unitary analysis of the English Progressive Present. Difficult as it may be to account for some of its uses in aspectual terms alone, we argue that referring to an event in progress at a given moment is the main function of the BE + –ING form. Yet, this meaning does not emerge out of th...
Main Author: | Grégory Furmaniak |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Cercle linguistique du Centre et de l'Ouest - CerLICO
2005-12-01
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Series: | Corela |
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Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/corela/528 |
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