Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Acknowledgements VII
3. Contents IX
4. Introduction 1
5. Chapter 1. The systems of mood and aspect: Form and meaning 9
6. Chapter 2. The first difference: Expressing “duration so far” 31
7. Chapter 3. The second difference: The Transpast Transcendent and the expression of past time 43
8. Chapter 4. The third difference: The elusiveness of present relevance 77
9. Conclusion 113
10. Notes 129
11. Bibliography 135
12. Index 143