When-clauses and temporal structure
By: Renaat Declerck
Series: Routledge studies in Germanic linguistics -- 2; Routledge studies in Germanic linguistics -- 2.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 1997
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 283
ISBN-13: 9780203211472
Subjects: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES; Linguistics; Grammar & Punctuation; Temporal clauses; English language; Syntax
Description: Tense is one of the central issues of linguistics, and received much attention in recent years. This book offers a detailed discussion of the temporal structures that are expressed by the combination of tense forms with the conjunction when.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-275) and index.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; INTRODUCTION; A TYPOLOGY OF WHEN-CLAUSES; THE 'TEMPORAL CONJUNCTION' WHEN; A MODEL OF THE ENGLISH TENSE SYSTEM; WHEN-CLAUSES AND TEMPORAL STRUCTURE; CANONICAL WHEN-CLAUSES AND THE EXPRESSION OF TEMPORAL RELATIONS; SPECIAL RELATIVE TENSE USES IN CANONICAL WHEN-CLAUSES; CANONICAL WHEN-CLAUSES ESTABLISHING A TEMPORAL DOMAIN; THE INTERPRETATION OF CANONICAL WHEN-CLAUSES; NARRATIVE WHEN-CLAUSES; WHEN-CLAUSES OTHER THAN CANONICAL OR NARRATIVE WHEN-CLAUSES; CONCLUSION; References; Index;