11. Tense, aspect, mood
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Jan Lindschouw
Abstract
This chapter reviews the most typical uses of tense, aspect and mood in Romance languages. Our discussion will concentrate on French, Italian and Spanish since these languages can be considered to form a continuum with French being the most innovative and Spanish the most conservative language in relation to their common source, Latin. The main focus is on regularities across the Romance languages, but important variations are also discussed. The chapter is divided into four parts. The first part deals with the tense system with special emphasis on the analytic and synthetic future and past forms and their relationship. The second part focuses on the aspectual opposition between the imperfect and the preterite and their interaction with lexical aspect (Aktionsart). The third part considers different mood forms, especially the opposition between the indicative and the subjunctive and their uses in different types of subordinate clauses. The last part discusses the use of tense and mood in reported speech (the so-called consecutio temporum).
Abstract
This chapter reviews the most typical uses of tense, aspect and mood in Romance languages. Our discussion will concentrate on French, Italian and Spanish since these languages can be considered to form a continuum with French being the most innovative and Spanish the most conservative language in relation to their common source, Latin. The main focus is on regularities across the Romance languages, but important variations are also discussed. The chapter is divided into four parts. The first part deals with the tense system with special emphasis on the analytic and synthetic future and past forms and their relationship. The second part focuses on the aspectual opposition between the imperfect and the preterite and their interaction with lexical aspect (Aktionsart). The third part considers different mood forms, especially the opposition between the indicative and the subjunctive and their uses in different types of subordinate clauses. The last part discusses the use of tense and mood in reported speech (the so-called consecutio temporum).
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Manuals of Romance Linguistics V
- Table of Contents VII
- Abbreviations XI
- 1. Introduction 1
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The verbal domain
- 2. Subjects 27
- 3. Objects 89
- 4. Argument structure and argument structure alternations 154
- 5. Clitic pronouns 183
- 6. Voice and voice alternations 230
- 7. Auxiliaries 272
- 8. Causative and perception verbs 299
- 9. Copular and existential constructions 332
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The clausal and sentential domains
- 10. Infinitival clauses 369
- 11. Tense, aspect, mood 397
- 12. Negation and polarity 449
- 13. Dislocations and framings 472
- 14. Focus Fronting 502
- 15. Cleft constructions 536
- 16. Interrogatives 569
- 17. Exclamatives, imperatives, optatives 603
- 18. Coordination and correlatives 647
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The nominal domain
- 19. Gender and number 691
- 20. Determination and quantification 727
- 21. Adjectival and genitival modification 771
- 22. Relative clauses 804
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Typological aspects
- 23. Syntheticity and Analyticity 839
- 24. Basic constituent orders 887
- List of Contributors 933
- Index 941
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Manuals of Romance Linguistics V
- Table of Contents VII
- Abbreviations XI
- 1. Introduction 1
-
The verbal domain
- 2. Subjects 27
- 3. Objects 89
- 4. Argument structure and argument structure alternations 154
- 5. Clitic pronouns 183
- 6. Voice and voice alternations 230
- 7. Auxiliaries 272
- 8. Causative and perception verbs 299
- 9. Copular and existential constructions 332
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The clausal and sentential domains
- 10. Infinitival clauses 369
- 11. Tense, aspect, mood 397
- 12. Negation and polarity 449
- 13. Dislocations and framings 472
- 14. Focus Fronting 502
- 15. Cleft constructions 536
- 16. Interrogatives 569
- 17. Exclamatives, imperatives, optatives 603
- 18. Coordination and correlatives 647
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The nominal domain
- 19. Gender and number 691
- 20. Determination and quantification 727
- 21. Adjectival and genitival modification 771
- 22. Relative clauses 804
-
Typological aspects
- 23. Syntheticity and Analyticity 839
- 24. Basic constituent orders 887
- List of Contributors 933
- Index 941
