The Tense System in English Relative Clauses : A Corpus-Based Analysis.
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- Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL] Series ; v.16 .
- Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL] Series .
Intro -- 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.
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