The prominence of tense, aspect, and mood:
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Main Author: Shankara Bhat, D. N. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam J. Benjamins Pub. ©1999
Series:Studies in language companion series v. 49
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-192) and index
THE PROMINENCE OF TENSE, ASPECT AND MOOD; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Preface; CHAPTER 1. Introduction; CHAPTER 2. Category of Tense; CHAPTER 3. Category of Aspect; CHAPTER 4. Category of Mood; CHAPTER 5. Basis of the Typology; CHAPTER 6. Classification of Languages; CHAPTER 7. Correlatable Characteristics; References; Index; STUDIES IN LANGUAGE COMPANION SERIES (SLCS)
The book puts forth an exciting hypothesis for the typologist. Its major claim is that languages can generally be regarded as belonging to a tense-prominent, aspect-prominent or mood-prominent language type. This grouping can be based upon the relative prominence that languages attach to one or the other of the three verbal categories, namely tense, aspect and mood, by grammaticalizing the chosen category to a greater degree than others, and by making it more obligatory, more systematic and more pervasive than others. The grouping, however, involves a gradation, as is indeed the case with othe
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (x, 198 pages)
ISBN:155619935X
9027230528
9027298734
9781556199356
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