Development of tense and aspect systems

"Linguistic construal of time lies at the center of language and language use; it is also one of the cognitive foundations of culture. The focus of the papers in this volume is on historical developments of genetically different aspect and tense systems across continents, with contributions on...

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Other Authors: Gvozdanović, Jadranka (Editor)
Format: Edited Volume
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam Philadelphia John Benjamins Publishing Company [2022]
Series:Benjamins current topics volume 123
In: Benjamins current topics (volume 123)

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Author Notes:edited by Jadranka Gvozdanović (University of Heidelberg)
Table of Contents:
  • The history of tense and aspect in the Sogeram family / Don Daniels
  • Development of aspect markers in Arandic languages, with notes on associated motion / Harold Koch
  • Kisikongo (Bantu, H16a) present-future isomorphism / Sebastian Dom, Gilles-Maurice de Schryver and Koen Bostoen
  • Historical change in the Japanese tense-aspect system / Heiko Narrog
  • Continuity and change in the aspect systems of Vedic and Latin / Eystein Dahl.