Aspect: An Introduction to the Study of Verbal Aspect and Related Problems

by Bernard Comrie

Overview

An introduction to the general linguistic study of aspect. Topics covered include the relation of tense and aspect, the morphology and the semantics of aspect, and structuralist and philosophical approaches. Dr Comrie draws his examples particularly from English and the Slavonic and Romance languages, but also from Arabic, Chinese, Welsh, Greek and a variety of others. This is the first study of aspect, considered as a general linguistic phenomenon. It is intended for students of individual languages as well as for students of linguistics.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521290456
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	06/03/1976
Series:	Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	156
Product dimensions:	5.94(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.47(d)

Table of Contents

Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Perfective and imperfective; 2. Aspect and inherent meaning; 3. Perfect; 4. Aspect and tense; 5. Formal expression of aspectual oppositions; 6. Markedness; Appendices; References; Index.