In:Aspectuality across Languages: Event construal in speech and gesture
Edited by Alan Cienki and Olga K. Iriskhanova
[Human Cognitive Processing 62] 2018
► pp. 77–106
Chapter 3Speakers’ verbal expression of event construal
Quantitative and qualitative analyses
Published online: 25 October 2018
https://doi.org/10.1075/hcp.62.c3
https://doi.org/10.1075/hcp.62.c3
Article outline
- 1.Introduction: Construal of events in spoken narrative (Iriskhanova)
- 1.1Basic features of narrative discourse
- 1.2Basic features of spoken narratives
- 1.3Some preliminary remarks on the textual data
- 2.The French speakers’ verbal expression of event construal (Morgenstern, Boutet, Debras)
- 2.1Background on the uses of tenses in narratives
- 2.2Quantitative analyses
- 2.3Qualitative analyses
- 2.3.1Difference between the passé composé and the imparfait
- 2.3.2Use of the present tense in narratives
- 2.3.3 Alternation between imparfait, présent simple, and passé composé
- 2.4Concluding remarks
- 3.The German speakers’ verbal expression of event construal (Müller)
- 3.1Introduction: Specifics of aspectual event construal in tense forms in spoken German
- 3.2Quantitative analyses: Use of Präteritum and Perfekt in spoken German as compared to French use of imparfait and passé composé
- 3.3Qualitative analyses: The use of Präteritum and Perfekt in spoken German
- 3.4Discussion
- 4.The Russian speakers’ verbal expression of event construal (Denisova, Iriskhanova)
- 4.1Introducing general specifics of tense and aspect use in spoken Russian narratives
- 4.2Quantitative analysis: General results for Russian verbs
- 4.3Qualitative analyses of Russian verbs
- 4.3.1Some preliminary remarks on the specifics of Russian spoken narratives
- 4.3.2Tense and aspect as related to the specifics of spoken narratives
- 4.3.3Semantic features of verbs as related to the specifics of spoken narratives
- 4.3.4Structural features of verbs as related to the specifics of spoken narratives
- 4.4Concluding remarks
- 5.Summary (Iriskhanova)
