TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. PREFACE 5
3. TABLE OF CONTENTS 7
4. LIST OF TABLES 13
5. LIST OF FIGURES 15
6. REFERENCES AND ABBREVIATIONS 17
7. I. INTRODUCTION 19
8. II. REVIEW OF OTHER STUDIES 28
9. III. STATEMENT OF ANALYTICAL PROCEDURES 81
10. IV. DEFINITION OF TERMS 98
11. V. DESCRIPTION OF CORPUS 126
12. VI. DEFINITE TIME AND INDEFINITE TIME 139
13. VII. TIME-RELATIONSHIPS AND TIME-FIELDS 164
14. VIII. EXPANDED VERB-CLUSTERS AND NON-EXPANDED VERB-CLUSTERS 192
15. IX. MOMENTARY PREDICATIONS AND "SUFFUSIVE" PREDICATIONS 218
16. X. ELLIPTICAL CLAUSES AND COLLAPSED CLAUSIDS 232
17. RECAPITULATION 255
18. Appendix A 263
19. Appendix B 267
20. BIBLIOGRAPHY 274
21. Backmatter 304