Tense, aspect and text : processes of grammaticalization in the history of the English auxiliary
The primary object of inquiry is the semantics of the progressive and perfect constructions in English, and their interaction with the deictic category of tense. The domain of inquiry is text. The major concern is the argument that a full description of these constructions' development involves...
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University of Cambridge
1986
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.383940 |