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Re-assessing the Present Perfect (Hardcover, Seiten 4C: 235, 317)
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Re-assessing the Present Perfect (Hardcover, Seiten 4C: 235, 317)
Series: Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL]
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It is a well-known fact that the area of the present perfect has
always been a hotly contested ground, but recent corpus analyses
have shown that grammatical variation in this realm in English is
far more pervasive than previously assumed. This volume is the
first ever book-length treatment dedicated to corpus-based work on
the present perfect. It offers fresh theoretical insights resting
on a solid empirical footing and investigates central aspects of
language contact and change, grammaticalization, typology, and
dialect formation. It sheds light on this morphosyntactic area from
different angles, as it comprises both diachronic and synchronic
viewpoints. Contributions explore variation in the expression of
perfect meaning and the multifunctionality of perfect forms in a
number of native and non-native varieties, thus going beyond the
traditional British/American English paradigm, while a second focus
lies on cross-variety comparisons. Bringing together the knowledge
of leading experts in the field, this book represents the state of
the art in data-driven research on the present perfect and will be
of interest for those working in the fields of language variation
and change, corpus linguistics, sociolinguistics, and typology.
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