The present perfect in English : from semantic, evolutionary, and contrastive perspectives

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The present perfect in English : from semantic, evolutionary, and contrastive perspectives

Fu Kenryo

Kaitakusha, 2021

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Revised version of the author's doctoral dissertation -- Kwansei Gakuin University, 2010

Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-141) and index

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Table of Contents

  • Introduction
  • 1 The Present Perfect in Present‐day English
  • 2 The Present Perfect and Grammaticalization in English
  • 3 The Present Perfect and Grammaticalization in Chinese and Japanese
  • 4 From Narrowed Current Relevance Towards Extended Current Relevance
  • 5 The Present Perfect and Adverbials of Definite Past
  • 6 Between the Present Perfect and the Preterite:An Analysis on the “I seen it” Pattern
  • 7 Temporal Adverbials of Duration and the Continuative Perfect
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix The Present Perfect Co‐occurring with Adverbials of Definite Past in Spoken English

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