When-Clauses and Temporal Structure

Informationen zum Autor Renaat H. C. Declerck Klappentext Tense is one of the central issues of linguistics, and received much attention in recent years. This book offers a detailed discussion of the temporal structures that are expressed by the combination of tense forms with the conjunction when. Zusammenfassung Tense is one of the central issues of linguistics, and received much attention in recent years. This book offers a detailed discussion of the temporal structures that are expressed by the combination of tense forms with the conjunction when. Inhaltsverzeichnis AcknowledgementsList of abbreviationsContentsChapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: A typology of when-clausesChapter 3: The 'temporal conjunction' whenChapter 4: A model of the English tense systemChapter 5: WCs and temporal structureChapter 6: Canonical WCs and the expression of temporal relationsChapter 7: Special relative tense uses in canonical WCsChapter 8: Canonical WCs establishing a temporal domainChapter 9: The interpretation of canonical WCsChapter 10: Narrative WCsChapter 11: WCs other than canonical or narrative WCsChapter 12: ConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex

Product details

• Authors: Declerck, Renaat H C Declerck, Renaat H. C. Declerck
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.05.2016
• EAN: 9781138987098
• ISBN: 978-1-138-98709-8
• No. of pages: 300
• Series: Routledge Studies in Germanic Linguistics; Routledge Studies in Germanic Linguistics
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics