Textures of Time.

Intro -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Looking at previous analyses -- 2.1 The German Perfect -- 2.1.1 Anteriority-theories -- 2.1.2 Extended-Now-theories -- 2.1.3 Syncategorematic theories -- 2.2 The English Perfect -- 2.2.1 Anteriority-theories -- 2.2.2 Extended-Now-theories -- 2.2.3 Syncategorematic theories -- 2.3 Duratives and XN-Adverbs -- 2.3.1 seit 'since' and bis 'until' -- 2.3.2 for and since -- 2.3.3 schon oft 'often ever since', schon immer 'ever since', and ever since -- 2.4 Summary -- 3. Presenting my own proposals -- 3.1 My proposals for the Perfect -- 3.1.1 The German Perfect -- 3.1.2 The English Perfect -- 3.2 My proposals for Duratives and XN-Adverbs -- 3.2.1 Duratives and the complex u/e-ambiguity -- 3.2.2 Duratives and the simple u/e-ambiguity -- 3.2.3 XN-Adverbs -- 3.3 My data from the web -- 3.3.1 Data concerning the complex u/e-ambiguity -- 3.3.2 Special issue: sInce-adverbs with an 'inclusive' e-reading -- 3.3.3 Data concerning the simple u/e-ambiguity -- 3.3.4 Special issue: sentence-initial for-adverbs with an e-reading -- 3.3.5 Data concerning XN-adverbs -- 4. List of meaning rules -- 5. Summary -- 6. Bibliography.

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