2. Towards a theory of the perfect and the preterite in present-day English

Chapters in this book

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