The English present tense

It is generally agreed that the English ‘present tense’ is not appropriately analyzed as indicating present time: present-time events often cannot be expressed in the present tense; conversely, the present tense is often used for nonpresent occurrences. I will argue, however, that these problems are...

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Published inEnglish language and linguistics Vol. 5; no. 2; pp. 251 - 272
Main Author Langacker, Ronald W.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.11.2001
Subjects
Cognitive Grammar
Cognitive Semantics
Discourse Semantics
English
English language
Language Usage
Semantic Analysis
Tense
Time
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