Tense is one of the central issues of linguistics, and has been the focus of much attention in recent years. In this book, Declerck offers a detailed discussion of the temporal structures that are expressed by the combination of tense forms with the conjunction when.

Contents:
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: A typology of when-clauses
Chapter 3: The 'temporal conjunction' when
Chapter 4: A model of the English tense system
Chapter 5: WCs and temporal structure
Chapter 6: Canonical WCs and the expression of temporal relations
Chapter 7: Special relative tense uses in canonical WCs
Chapter 8: Canonical WCs establishing a temporal domain
Chapter 9: The interpretation of canonical WCs
Chapter 10: Narrative WCs
Chapter 11: WCs other than canonical or narrative WCs
Chapter 12: Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index