The Tense System in English Relative Clauses : A Corpus-Based Analysis.
Title:
The Tense System in English Relative Clauses : A Corpus-Based Analysis.
Author:
Depraetere, Ilse.
ISBN:
9783110869033
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (450 pages)
Series:
Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL] ; v.16
Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL]
Contents:
List of abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Definition of the concepts bounded-unbounded and telic-atelic -- 1.1. Definition -- 1.2. Tests to distinguish unboundedness from boundedness and atelicity from telicity -- 1.3. Factors influencing (un)boundedness and (a)telicity -- 1.4. Zero-boundedness and zero-telicity -- 1.5. Left boundedness and right boundedness -- 1.6. General conclusion -- Chapter 2. Declerck (1991a): tense in discourse (part 1) -- 2.1. Declerck (1991a): basic concepts -- 2.2. Methodology and aim -- Chapter 3. The expression of temporal relations in past sector RCs -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. (W-)anteriority in past sector (N)RRCs -- 3.3. Simultaneity in past sector (N)RRCs: relative and absolute past tenses? -- 3.4. W-posteriority in past sector (N)RRCs -- 3.5. General conclusion -- Chapter 4. The expression of (W-)anteriority in pre-present sector RCs -- 4.1. The use of tense in the pre-present sector RCs: Declerck (1991a) -- 4.2. Constraints on the expression of (W-)anteriority in pre-present sector RCs -- 4.3. The tense system in the pre-present sector: some modifications -- 4.4. RRCs and NRRCs: different tense system? -- 4.5. General conclusion -- Chapter 5. The expression of (W-)anteriority and (W-)simultaneity in post- present sector RCs -- 5.1. The use of tense in the post-present sector: Declerck (1991a) -- 5.2. RRCs vs. NRRCs: different tense system? -- 5.3. Factors determining interpretation of verb forms in RRCs -- 5.4. General conclusion -- Chapter 6. Difference in contextual effects between mutually substitutable verb forms -- 6.1. General procedure vs. implementation of general procedure -- 6.2. Prediction vs. fact -- 6.3. Explicit location in time - explicit indication of temporal relation -- 6.4. Resultativeness -- 6.5. Gradual development vs. quick succession -- 6.6. Recent vs. distant situation.
Chapter 7. The principle of unmarked temporal interpretation -- 7.1. Introduction -- 7.2. The PUTI (Declerck 1991a): theory -- 7.3. The PUTI in other works -- 7.4. The PUTI for embedded clauses (Declerck 1991a): examples -- 7.5. The PUTI ((a)-part) and RCs -- 7.6. General conclusion -- Chapter 8. Choice of binding TO in RCs -- 8.1. TO for (N)RRC situations -- 8.2. (In)direct binding in (N)RRCs -- General conclusion -- Appendix -- Notes -- References -- Index.
Abstract:
The future of English linguistics as envisaged by the editors of Topics in English Linguistics lies in empirical studies which integrate work in English linguistics into general and theoretical linguistics on the one hand, and comparative linguistics on the other. The TiEL series features volumes that present interesting new data and analyses, and above all fresh approaches that contribute to the overall aim of the series, which is to further outstanding research in English linguistics.
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