Overview

The articles in this edited volume represent a range of approaches to studying the role of verbal aspect in grammatical variation. Issues addressed include: defining the variable context; operationalizing aspectual distinctions as factors conditioning linguistic variation; and the appropriate number of aspectual distinctions and levels. Apart from bringing to light various methodological and analytical issues, this volume gathers together a unique collection of original research, based on spoken- and written-language corpora, of an array of languages and linguistic varieties: African American Vernacular English, Caribbean English and English-based creole, Indian English, Newfoundland English, Canadian French, Brazilian Portuguese, Ecuadorian Spanish, Mexican Spanish, and Peninsular Spanish. This volume should not only benefit research on grammatical variation but also be of interest more generally to the study of verbal aspect.

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Author:   James A. Walker (York University, Toronto)
Publisher:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Imprint:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Volume:   6
Weight:   0.460kg
ISBN:  

9789027234865

ISBN 10:   9027234868
Pages:   150
Publication Date:   17 November 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Chapter 1. Introduction (by Walker, James A.); 2. Chapter 2. Grammaticalization paths as variable contexts in weak complementarity in Spanish (by Schwenter, Scott A.); 3. Chapter 3. Aspectual periphrases and syntactic variation in Brazilian Portuguese (by Mendes, Ronald Beline); 4. Chapter 4. Aspect and the English Present Perfect: What can be coded? (by Herk, Gerard Van); 5. Chapter 5. Coding compositional aspect in French (by LeBlanc, Carmen); 6. Chapter 6. Breaking old habits: Syntactic constraints underlying habitual effects in Newfoundland English (by Childs, Becky); 7. Chapter 7. Affairs of state: Defining and coding stativity in English and English-based Creole (by Walker, James A.); 8. Chapter 8. A new methodology for the study of aspect in contact: Past and progressive in Indian English (by Sharma, Devyani); 9. Chapter 9. Expressing tense and aspect: The case of adult Chinese-Spanish speakers in Ecuador (by Biehl, Hsiao-Ping); 10. Index

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