The evolution of grammar tense, aspect, and modality in the languages of the world /

Main Author: Bybee, Joan L.
Other Authors: Perkins, Revere D., Pagliuca, William, Perkins, Revere
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1994
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Table of Contents:
  • One: Theoretical background, Two: Method used in the study, Three: Anterion, perfective and related senses, Four: A quantitative approach to grammaticization, Five: Progressive, imperfective, present and related sences, Six: Mood and modality, Seven: Future, Eight: Mechanisms of Semantic change.