Tense and Aspect : From Semantics to Morphosyntax: From Semantics to MorphosyntaxAlessandra Giorgi Associate Professor in the Department of Linguistics University of Bergamo, Trento Fabio Pianesi Research Scientist Institute for Technology and Scientific Research (IRST) Oxford University Press, USA, 17 nov. 1997 - 336 pages The authors bridge the gap between the semantic and syntactic properties of verb tense and aspect, and suggest a unified account of tense and aspect using Chomsky's Principles and Parameters Framework. They compare tense and aspect systems in Romance languages with Germanic ones. |
Expressions et termes fréquents
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