The Present Perfective Paradox across Languages.

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Author / Creator:	De Wit, Astrid.
Imprint:	Oxford : OUP Oxford, 2016.
Description:	1 online resource (236 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	Oxford Studies of Time in Language and Thought ; v. 4 Oxford studies of time in language and thought.
Subject:	Grammar, Comparative and general -- Tense. Grammar, Comparative and general -- Aspect. Grammar, Comparative and general -- Aspect. Grammar, Comparative and general -- Tense.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12482887

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ISBN:	9780191077425 0191077429 9780191820250 0191820253 0198759533 9780198759539
Notes:	5.3 The semantics of the French simple present and how it avoids the rise of the present perfective paradox. Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	This book presents an analysis of how speakers of typologically diverse languages report present-time situations. Astrid De Wit brings together cross-linguistic observations from English, French, the English-based creole language Sranan, and various Slavic languages, and relates them to the same phenomenon, the 'present perfective paradox'.
Other form:	Print version: De Wit, Astrid. Present Perfective Paradox across Languages. Oxford : OUP Oxford, ©2016

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