Aspect : an introduction to the study of verbal aspect and related problems

Author(s)

• Comrie, Bernard

Bibliographic Information

Aspect : an introduction to the study of verbal aspect and related problems

Bernard Comrie

（Cambridge textbooks in linguistics）

Cambridge University Press, 1976

• : hbk
• : pbk

Note

Bibliography: p. 134-138

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

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.

Table of Contents

• Preface
• Abbreviations
• Introduction
• 1. Perfective and imperfective
• 2. Aspect and inherent meaning
• 3. Perfect
• 4. Aspect and tense
• 5. Formal expression of aspectual oppositions
• 6. Markedness
• Appendices
• References
• Index.

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Details

• NCID: BA00397633
• ISBN:
  • 0521211093
  • 0521290457
• LCCN: 75044577
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Cambridge ; New York
• Pages/Volumes: ix, 142 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : P281
  • DC : 415
  • NDC6 : 801.5
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Grammar, Comparative and general -- Aspect
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00215113