Tense and Aspect in Indo-European Languages : Theory, typology, diachrony.

This monograph presents a general picture of the evolution of IE verbal systems within a coherent cognitive framework. The work encompasses all the language families of the IE phylum, from prehistory to present day languages. Inspired by the ideas of Roman Jakobson and Gustave Guillaume the authors...

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Main Author: Hewson, John
Other Authors: Bubenik, Vit
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam/Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 1997
Series:Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Current issues in linguistic theory ; v. 145.
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