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This monograph examines the different verbal categories of tense, aspect and mood and then establishes a typology of languages based upon their representation of these categories. The author argues that natural languages exemplify the language type by assigning prominence to just one of the three categories.

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Author:   D.N.S. Bhat (Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore)
Publisher:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Imprint:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Volume:   49
Weight:   0.410kg
ISBN:  

9789027230522

ISBN 10:   9027230528
Pages:   198
Publication Date:   15 March 1999
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Preface; 2. List of Abbreviations; 3. Chapter 1: Introduction; 4. 1.1 Universalistic and Differentiating Approaches; 5. 1.2 Nature of the present study; 6. 1.3 Organisation of the monograph; 7. Part 1: A Descriptive Study; 8. Chapter 2: Category of Tense; 9. 2.1 Introduction; 10. 2.2 Deictic tense; 11. 2.3 Non-deictic tense; 12. 2.4 Distance from the reference point; 13. 2.5 Use of temporal adverbials; 14. Chapter 3: Category of Aspect; 15. 3.1 Introduction; 16. 3.2 Perfective and imperfective; 17. 3.3 Phasal aspects; 18. 3.4 Quantificational aspects; 19. 3.5 Situational and viewpoint aspects; 20. 3.6 Use of aspectual adverbials; 21. Chapter 4: Category of Mood; 22. 4.1 Introduction; 23. 4.2 Epistemic mood; 24. 4.3 Deontic Mood; 25. 4.4 Epistemic moods and interrogatives; 26. 4.5 Deontic moods and imperatives; 27. 4.6 Use of modal adverbials; 28. Part 2: A Typological Study; 29. Chapter 5: Basis of the Typology; 30. 5.1 Introduction; 31. 5.2 Basis of tense-aspect-mood variation; 32. 5.3 Possibility of using alternative categories; 33. 5.4 Criteria for prominence; 34. 5.5 Nature of generalizations; 35. 5.6 Bias in grammars; 36. 5.7 Need for diachronic considerations; 37. 5.8 Correctable characteristics; 38. Chapter 6: Classification of Languages; 39. 6.1 Introduction; 40. 6.2 Tense-prominent languages; 41. 6.3 Aspect-prominent languages; 42. 6.4 Mood-prominent languages; 43. 6.5 Summary; 44. Chapter 7: Correlatable Characteristics; 45. 7.1 Introduction; 46. 7.2 Effects of decategorization; 47. 7.3 Ergativity split; 48. 7.4 Tensedness parameter; 49. 7.5 Absence of state verbs; 50. 7.6 Variations in the mode of encoding the categories; 51. 7.7 Differing points of view; 52. 7.8 Foregrounding sequential events; 53. 7.9 Paths of grammaticalization; 54. 7.10 Conclusion; 55. References; 56. Index

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