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In:Verbal Aspect in Discourse
Edited by Nils B. Thelin
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 5] 1990
► pp. v–vi

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Published online: 1 January 1990
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Table of contents

Prefacevii
List of Contributorsxvii
Introduction: Verbal Aspect in Discourse$$On the State of the Art3
1. Developmental properties of aspect and tense
On the Concept of Time: Prolegomena to A Theory of Aspect and Tense in Narrative Discourse91
The Functional Evolution of Aspects in Russian131
Discourse Functions of Tense-Aspect in French: Dynamic Synchrony159
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2. Ideo-pragmatic and conceptual-semantic correlates of aspect and the perspectival organisation of discourse
Notes on the “Metaphysics” of Russian Aspect191
Verbal Aspect, Discourse Saliency, and the So-Called “Perfect of Result” in Modern Russian213
Discourse Analysis of Aorist and Imperfect in Bulgarian and French237
Narrative Context and Russian Aspect263
Temporal and Semantic Factors Affecting Russian Aspect Choice in Questions285
Russian Aspect in Questions: Information and Invariance in Discourse307
3. Aspect, case and discourse
The Aspectual Case of Predicative Nouns in Lithuanian Texts325
On Finnish “Aspect” in Discourse349
4. Aspect in Russian literacy discourse
Aspect in Textual Deep Structure: On the Message Theme of Puškin’s The Bronze Horseman367
Narrative Description or Descriptive Narration: Problems of Aspectualityt in Čechov383
Index of proper names411
Index of Languages416
Index of Topics418
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