Re Assessing The Present Perfect

Author : Valentin Werner,Elena Seoane,Cristina Suárez-Gómez
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2016-09-12
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110443530

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Re-assessing the Present Perfect by Valentin Werner,Elena Seoane,Cristina Suárez-Gómez Pdf

It is a well-known fact that the area of the present perfect has always been a hotly contested ground, but recent corpus analyses have shown that grammatical variation in this realm in English is far more pervasive than previously assumed. This volume is the first ever book-length treatment dedicated to corpus-based work on the present perfect. It offers fresh theoretical insights resting on a solid empirical footing and investigates central aspects of language contact and change, grammaticalization, typology, and dialect formation. It sheds light on this morphosyntactic area from different angles, as it comprises both diachronic and synchronic viewpoints. Contributions explore variation in the expression of perfect meaning and the multifunctionality of perfect forms in a number of native and non-native varieties, thus going beyond the traditional British/American English paradigm, while a second focus lies on cross-variety comparisons. Bringing together the knowledge of leading experts in the field, this book represents the state of the art in data-driven research on the present perfect and will be of interest for those working in the fields of language variation and change, corpus linguistics, sociolinguistics, and typology.

Author : Xinyue Yao
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2024-03-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027248602

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The Present Perfect and the Preterite in Late Modern and Contemporary English by Xinyue Yao Pdf

This book examines developments in the use of the present perfect and the preterite in Late Modern and contemporary English, with a focus on American and British English. Drawing on neo-Gricean pragmatics, it proposes a novel and principled analysis of the verb forms’ context-independent meanings and context-dependent inferences. State-of-the-art corpus linguistic methods are used to track their functional changes over two and a half centuries. The book presents new evidence of grammatical change and offers a compelling, contact-based account of regional variation. It brings together the insights of various fields, including formal semantics, historical linguistics, linguistic typology, and variationist sociolinguistics.

Author : Andreea S. Calude,Laurie Bauer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2021-09-30
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781000451726

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Mysteries of English Grammar by Andreea S. Calude,Laurie Bauer Pdf

Despite a history of hundreds of years of research analysing aspects of English grammar, there are still open problems which continue to baffle language researchers today. Such ‘grammar mysteries’ arise for a number of reasons: because the language is changing; because different speakers of the language adhere to distinct norms and thus introduce and maintain variation in the system; because there are differences between the grammar of spoken and written English. This book illuminates some of the complexities of the subject, the areas where new discoveries await and why it matters. Through a series of accessible and engaging case studies on various aspects of grammar, from multiple negation to possession, the authors present grammar as an intellectual challenge. This book brings out into the open questions about language usage to which we still do not have good answers in a bid to make variation overt and to revel in the mystery of the English language. Both aimed at the interested general reader and the beginning student of English language and linguistics, this is a fresh take on grammar.

Author : Alexandra U. Esimaje,Ulrike Gut,Bassey E. Antia
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 415 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2019-02-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027262936

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Corpus Linguistics and African Englishes by Alexandra U. Esimaje,Ulrike Gut,Bassey E. Antia Pdf

Corpus linguistics has become one of the most widely used methodologies across the different linguistic subdisciplines; especially the study of world-wide varieties of English uses corpus-based investigations as one of the chief methodologies. This volume comprises descriptions of the many new corpus initiatives both within and outside Africa that aim to compile various corpora of African Englishes. Moreover, it contains cutting-edge corpus-based research on African Englishes and the use of corpora in pedagogic contexts within African institutions. This volume thus serves both as a practical introduction to corpus compilation (Part I of the book), corpus-based research (Part II) and the application of corpora in language teaching (Part III), and is intended both for those researchers not yet familiar with corpus linguistics and as a reference work for all international researchers investigating the linguistic properties of African Englishes.

Author : Bozhil Hristov
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2019-11-26
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789004414051

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Grammaticalising the Perfect and Explanations of Language Change by Bozhil Hristov Pdf

In this book, Bozhil Hristov investigates the verbal systems of two distantly related Indo-European languages, highlighting similarities as well as crucial differences between them and seeking a unified approach.

Author : Kristin Melum Eide,Marc Fryd
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 495 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2021-07-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027259998

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The Perfect Volume by Kristin Melum Eide,Marc Fryd Pdf

Drawing on the data and history from a wide range of languages, from Atayal to Zapotec, this volume brings together leading scholars in the field of tense and aspect research resulting in 18 contributions on the perfect and some of its close relatives (e.g. iamitives). Different approaches complement each other to shed light on the source, emergence, grammaticalization, and the typological extension of perfect constructions cross-linguistically. One focal point is the so-called aoristic drift, where the perfect comes to resemble the simple past or aorist (often via the hodiernal ‘today’ reading). The semantics and pragmatics of perfects are also investigated through their interaction with other categories (e.g. negation, mood). Over time some perfects undergo auxiliary doubling or omission, or the auxiliary becomes subject to selection. These facts also receive special attention in this book, presenting new insights on perfects in both well-studied as well as very understudied languages.

Author : Elena Seoane,Cristina Suárez-Gómez
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2016-05-25
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027267061

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World Englishes by Elena Seoane,Cristina Suárez-Gómez Pdf

This book provides a collection of articles that reflect the current state of affairs in the blossoming field of World Englishes by bringing together several innovative synchronic and diachronic approaches. It contributes to the ongoing theoretical discussion concerning the criteria that make a low-frequency item represent an incipient change and examines the suitability of the sociolinguistics of globalisation theory for the study of non-traditional avenues for the spread of vernacular varieties of English (recent migrations, the entertainment industry, the web). It explores crucial aspects of language change and dialect evolution through the study of grammatical phenomena and the particular linguistic and socio-historical factors conditioning them. Together with theoretical questions, the volume shows a concern for methodological issues, such as sociolinguistic interviews, map-task experiments, metalinguistic comments, acceptability judgments and corpus-based methods. This volume represents the latest trends in the field and will undoubtedly set the agenda for the years ahead.

Author : Kenneth L. Chasse,Canada. Dept. of Justice
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Evidence (Law)
ISBN : UIUC:30112022861956

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Re-assessing the Law of Evidence by Kenneth L. Chasse,Canada. Dept. of Justice Pdf

Author : David Carlton,Carlo Schaerf
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Political Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105081633542

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Reassessing Arms Control by David Carlton,Carlo Schaerf Pdf

Author : Albert Carl Groschke,Arthur Bryan Hamilton,Earl Edward Miller,Harold Sloan McConnell,Paul R. Poffenberger,Reynard G. B. (George Bergin),Samuel Henry DeVault,William Paul Walker
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1941
Category : Agricultural credit
ISBN : UIUC:30112088695520

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Extent of Changes and Equalization Produced in Farm Property Assessments by Reassessing in Maryland by Albert Carl Groschke,Arthur Bryan Hamilton,Earl Edward Miller,Harold Sloan McConnell,Paul R. Poffenberger,Reynard G. B. (George Bergin),Samuel Henry DeVault,William Paul Walker Pdf

Author : Detroit. Citizens Advisory Committee on Equal Educational Opportunities
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1958
Category : Detroit
ISBN : UOM:49015001310987

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Findings and Recommendations by Detroit. Citizens Advisory Committee on Equal Educational Opportunities Pdf

Author : Citizens Advisory Committee on School Needs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1958
Category : Detroit (Mich.)
ISBN : UOM:39015071336112

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Findings and Recommendations (abridged) of the City-wide Citizens Advisory Committee on School Needs, November 1958 by Citizens Advisory Committee on School Needs Pdf

Author : Detroit (Mich.). Citizens Advisory Committee on School Needs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1958
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015008844717

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Findings and Recommendations of the City-wide Citizens Advisory Committee on School Needs by Detroit (Mich.). Citizens Advisory Committee on School Needs Pdf

Author : Herbert Giersch
Publisher : Westview Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1987-11-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105040746385

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Reassessing/ Avail.hc.only! The Mixed Economy by Herbert Giersch Pdf

Author : Kate Woodford,Guy Jackson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1550 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 0521824230

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Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary by Kate Woodford,Guy Jackson Pdf

The Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary is the ideal dictionary for advanced EFL/ESL learners. Easy to use and with a great CD-ROM - the perfect learner's dictionary for exam success. First published as the Cambridge International Dictionary of English, this new edition has been completely updated and redesigned. - References to over 170,000 words, phrases and examples explained in clear and natural English - All the important new words that have come into the language (e.g. dirty bomb, lairy, 9/11, clickable) - Over 200 'Common Learner Error' notes, based on the Cambridge Learner Corpus from Cambridge ESOL exams Plus, on the CD-ROM: - SMART thesaurus - lets you find all the words with the same meaning - QUICKfind - automatically looks up words while you are working on-screen - SUPERwrite - tools for advanced writing, giving help with grammar and collocation - Hear and practise all the words.