Aspect: An Introduction to the Study of Verbal Aspect and Related Problems (Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics) - Softcover

Comrie, Bernard

 
9780521290456: Aspect: An Introduction to the Study of Verbal Aspect and Related Problems (Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0521290457 ISBN 13: 9780521290456
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1976

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An introduction to the general linguistic study of aspect.

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An introduction to the general linguistic study of aspect. Topics covered include the relation of tense and aspect, the morphology and the semantics of aspect, and structuralist and philosophical approaches. Dr. Comrie draws his examples particularly from English and the Slavonic and Romance languages, but also from Arabic, Chinese, Welsh, Greek and a variety of others.This is the first study of aspect, considered as a general linguistic phenomenon. It is intended for students of individual languages as well as for students of linguistics.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
1976
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0521290457
ISBN 13 
9780521290456
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
156

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