The Present Perfective Paradox across Languages.

The Present Perfective Paradox across Languages.

This book presents an analysis of how speakers of typologically diverse languages report present-time situations. Astrid De Wit brings together cross-linguistic observations from English, French, the English-based creole language Sranan, and various Slavic languages, and relates them to the same phe...

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Main Author: De Wit, Astrid
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : OUP Oxford, 2016.
Series:Oxford studies of time in language and thought.
Subjects:
Grammar, Comparative and general > Tense.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Aspect.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Grammar & Punctuation.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Syntax.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Aspect
Grammar, Comparative and general > Tense
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