The Perfect and the Preterite in Contemporary and Earlier English

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Language: English

Published/Copyright: 1997

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I-VIII Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	I
Acknowledgements Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	IX
1. Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
2. Towards a theory of the perfect and the preterite in present-day English Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	5
3. The use of the perfect and the preterite in present-day English Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	79
4. The perfect and the preterite in the history of English Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	237
5. Summary and conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	349
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	363
Appendix I. Symbols used in quotations from text categories in CONTCORP made up of transcripts of spoken sources Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	400
Appendix II. Composition of CONTCORP Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	402
Appendix III. Composition of HISTCORP Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	414
Index of authors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	428
Index of subjects Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	431

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eBook published on:

July 11, 2011

eBook ISBN:

9783110810264

Hardcover published on:

March 20, 1997

Hardcover ISBN:

9783110146868

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Reprint 2011

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Front matter:

15

Main content:

432

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https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110810264

eBook ISBN: 9783110810264

Hardcover ISBN: 9783110146868

Keywords for this book

Englisch; Perfekt; Imperfekt; Geschichte

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