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Author:   Nils B. Thelin
Publisher:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Imprint:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Edition:   illustrated edition
Volume:   5
Dimensions:   Width: 16.40cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 24.50cm
Weight:   1.000kg
ISBN:  

9789027250124

ISBN 10:   902725012
Pages:   490
Publication Date:   01 January 1990
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Preface (by Thelin, Nils B.); 2. List of Contributors; 3. Introduction: Verbal Aspect in Discourse$$On the State of the Art (by Thelin, Nils B.); 4. 1. Developmental properties of aspect and tense; 5. On the Concept of Time: Prolegomena to A Theory of Aspect and Tense in Narrative Discourse (by Thelin, Nils B.); 6. The Functional Evolution of Aspects in Russian (by Holden, Kyril T.); 7. Discourse Functions of Tense-Aspect in French: Dynamic Synchrony (by Waugh, Linda R.); 8. 2. Ideo-pragmatic and conceptual-semantic correlates of aspect and the perspectival organisation of discourse; 9. Notes on the Metaphysics of Russian Aspect (by Gasparov, Boris); 10. Verbal Aspect, Discourse Saliency, and the So-Called Perfect of Result in Modern Russian (by Chvany, Catherine V.); 11. Discourse Analysis of Aorist and Imperfect in Bulgarian and French (by Descles, Jean-Pierre); 12. Narrative Context and Russian Aspect (by Fielder, Grace E.); 13. Temporal and Semantic Factors Affecting Russian Aspect Choice in Questions (by Chaput, Patricia R.); 14. Russian Aspect in Questions: Information and Invariance in Discourse (by Merrill, Peter T.); 15. 3. Aspect, case and discourse; 16. The Aspectual Case of Predicative Nouns in Lithuanian Texts (by Timberlake, Alan); 17. On Finnish Aspect in Discourse (by Tommola, Hannu); 18. 4. Aspect in Russian literacy discourse; 19. Aspect in Textual Deep Structure: On the Message Theme of Puskin's The Bronze Horseman (by Holk, Andre G.F. van); 20. Narrative Description or Descriptive Narration: Problems of Aspectualityt in Cechov (by Alberg Jensen, Peter); 21. Index of proper names; 22. Index of Languages; 23. Index of Topics

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