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Title Re-assessing the present perfect / edited by Valentin Werner, Elena Seoane, Cristina Su?arez G?omez
Published Berlin : De Gruyter Mouton, [2016]
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Description 1 online resource (viii, 353 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Series Topics in English linguistics, 1434-3452 ; volume 91
Topics in English linguistics ; 91. 1434-3452
Contents Table of contents ; Acknowledgements ; List of abbreviations ; 0. Introduction: The present perfect -- a re-assessment ; Part I: Diachronic and synchronic perspectives on the perfect in native varieties of English
1. From possessive-resultative to perfect? Re-assessing the meaning of [hæbb- + past participle] constructions in Old English prose 2. The to-infinitival perfect: A study of decline ; 3. Expression of the perfect in two contact varieties of English
4. Narrative-embedded variation and change: The sociolinguistics of the Australian English narrative present perfect Part II: Perfects across varieties of English ; 5. Present perfect and past tense in Black South African English
6. The present perfect in New Englishes: Common patterns in situations of language contact 7. The perfect space in creole-related varieties of English: The case of Jamaican English ; 8. The frequency of the present perfect in varieties of English around the world
9. Rise of the undead? be-perfects in World Englishes Part III: Building bridges ; 10. The present perfect in learner Englishes: A corpus-based case study on L1 German intermediate and advanced speech and writing
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject English language -- Tense.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Grammar & Punctuation.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Syntax.
English language -- Tense
Form Electronic book
Author Werner, Valentin, editor
Seoane, Elena, editor
Su?arez G?omez, Cristina, editor
LC no. 2016035841
ISBN 3110443538
9783110443530
9783110443547
3110443546
3110443325
9783110443325