The German Perfect - Its semantic composition and its interactions with temporal adverbials (Hardcover, 2002 ed.)

1. OUTLINE German has the three main perfect constructions which are illustrated in (1. 1). 1 In each of these constructions, the verb appears in the past participial form and is combined with an auxiliary - in this case, haben ('have'); other verbs form their perfect constructions with the auxiliary sein ('be'). 2 The auxiliary can then be com bined with a tense -Le. the present tense as in (Ua), the past tense as in (b), or the future tense as in (c). 3 (1. 1) a. PRESENT PERFECT: Die Eule hat die Schule verlassen. the owl has the school left b. PAST PERFECT: Die Eule hatte die Schule verlassen. the owl had the school left c. FUTURE PERFECT: Die Eule wird die Schule verlassen haben. the owl will the school left have As will shortly become clear, the present perfect is the most intricate of the perfect constructions in German. It has been investigated intensely in the past, with the result that today there is little doubt about what the core problems concerning its semantics are."

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag New York
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy, 78
Release date:	July 2002
First published:	July 2002
Authors:	R. Musan
Dimensions:	240 x 160 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	275
Edition:	2002 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-1-4020-0719-4
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Grammar, syntax, linguistic structure > General Promotions
LSN:	1-4020-0719-1
Barcode:	9781402007194

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