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In:Tense and Aspect in Indo-European Languages: Theory, typology, diachrony
John Hewson and Vit Bubenik
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 145] 1997
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Published online: 6 March 1997
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Table of contents

Authors' Prefacev
List of Abbreviationsxi
Chapter 1: Tense and Aspect: Description and Theory1
Section A: Languages with the original three-aspect system: present – aorist – perfect
Chapter 2: The Verbal System of Ancient Greek24
Chapter 3: The Verbal System of Vedic and Classical Sanskrit46
Section B: Languages with the original present - aorist system and innovative perfect
Chapter 4: The Verbal System of Classical Armenian67
Chapter 5: The Verbal System of Old Church Slavic82
Chapter 6: The Verbal System of Albanian103
Chapter 7: The Verbal System of Tocharian125
Section C: Languages with a three-tense system
Chapter 8: Tense and Aspect in Baltic142
Chapter 9: Tense and Aspect in Celtic165
Chapter 10: The Latin Verbal System189
Section D: Languages which merged the original aorist and perfect into the preterit
Chapter 11: The Verbal System of Germanic (Gothic, Old English)209
Chapter 12: The Verbal System of Anatolian (Hittite)229
Section E: Later Developments
Chapter 13: From Ancient to Modern Greek249
Chapter 14: Development of Modern Indic Tense-Aspect System265
Chapter 15: Development of Modern Slavic Tense-Aspect System283
Chapter 16: Development of Modern Iranian Tense-Aspect System304
Chapter 17: From Latin to Modern Romance314
Chapter 18: Tense and Aspect in Modern Germanic331
Chapter 19: Conclusions351
Appendices365
References374
Indexes390
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