Beschreibung:
First published in 1991, this book looks at tense in English, one of the most controversial areas of grammar. Here, Renaat Declerck provides a framework for a theoretical instrument which will enable the linguist to interpret the data correctly.
Preface; List of Abbreviations 1. Introduction 2. Tense in discourse 1: general principles 3. Tense in discourse 2: restrictions and possibilities 4. Tense in discourse 3: two test cases 5. The structure of tense 1: previous analyses 6. The structure of tense 2: general principles 7. The structure of tense 3: analysing the tense 8. Conclusion