Perfect Explorations
1st Edition
Published on 24. October 2012
XXXVIII, 404 pages
978-3-11-090235-8 (ISBN)
Description
This volume contains contributions dealing with the syntax, morphology, semantics, and diachronic development of the Perfect and the components it is built on across languages. The volume brings these aspects together, working towards a comprehensive theory of the Perfect which takes into consideration the interfaces between the various components of the grammar. Issues addressed include: the temporal vs. aspectual character of the perfect, the contribution of adverbial modification, the structure of the perfect participle.
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Series
Edition
Reprint 2012
Language
English
Place of publication
Berlin/Boston
Germany
Publishing group
de Gruyter Mouton
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Illustrations
Zahlr. Abb. u. Tab.
Num. figs. and tabs
File size
12,11 MB
ISBN-13
978-3-11-090235-8 (9783110902358)
Schweitzer Classification
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Artemis Alexiadou | Monika Rathert | Arnim von Stechow
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Persons
Artemis Alexiadou is Professor of English Linguistics at the University of Stuttgart, Germany.
Monika Rathert is Research Assistant at the University of Tübingen, Germany.
Arnim von Stechow is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Tübingen, Germany.
Content
- Intro
- Introduction: the modules of Perfect constructions
- Participles and voice
- Temporal homogeneity and the Italian Perfect
- Arabic Perfect and temporal adverbs
- A puzzle about until and the Present Perfect
- A little bit more on the English Perfect
- Observations about the form and meaning of the Perfect
- On the stativity of the English Perfect
- Tense, aspect, and the Greek Perfect
- Seit-adverbials in Perfect constructions
- The aspectual makeup of Perfect participles and the interpretations of the Perfect
- Perfect readings in Russian
- Universal-existential puzzles
- Possession and conversation: the case of the category Perfect
- Subject Index
- Author Index
