On the context-dependence of the progressive in English

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. I-VIII I
2. Adverbs of frequency 1
3. Tenses and aspects as functions on verb-phrases 19
4. Points and periods 39
5. Verbs, events, and the flow of time 59
6. On the mass-count distinction and the French imparfait and passé simple 85
7. On problems concerning the quantification rules in Montague grammar 113
8. Some remarks on the logic of change, Part I 135
9. Interrogative quantifiers 181
10. Three kinds of linguistic commitment 207
11. A new approach to quantification in natural language 223
12. On the context-dependence of the progressive in English 269
13. Ordering adverbs like erst, zuvor, darauf; danach etc. as a case of a lexical field 293
14. Simple present tense 315
15. Pre-tense. 329
16. Temporal structures in discourse 355
17. Finite and non-finite temporal constructions in German 375