Aspect in Textual Deep Structure

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Preface vii
4. List of Contributors xvii
5. Introduction 3
6. 1. Developmental properties of aspect and tense
7. On the Concept of Time 91
8. The Functional Evolution of Aspects in Russian 131
9. Discourse Functions of Tense-Aspect in French 159
10. 2. Ideo-pragmatic and conceptual-semantic correlates of aspect and the perspectival organisation of discourse
11. Notes on the “Metaphysics” of Russian Aspect 191
12. Verbal Aspect, Discourse Saliency, and the So-Called “Perfect of Result” in Modern Russian 213
13. Discourse Analysis of Aorist and Imperfect in Bulgarian and French 237
14. Narrative Context and Russian Aspect 263
15. Temporal and Semantic Factors Affecting Russian Aspect Choice in Questions 285
16. Russian Aspect in Questions 307
17. 3. Aspect, case and discourse
18. The Aspectual Case of Predicative Nouns in Lithuanian Texts 325
19. On Finnish “Aspect” in Discourse 349
20. 4. Aspect in Russian literacy discourse
21. Aspect in Textual Deep Structure 367
22. Narrative Description or Descriptive Narration 383
23. Index of proper names 411
24. Index of Languages 416
25. Index of Topics 418