The Grammar of the English Tense System: A Comprehensive Analysis
- ISBN-10
- 311018589X
- ISBN-13
- 9783110185898
- Category
- Foreign Language Study
- Pages
- 846
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006
- Publisher
- Walter de Gruyter
- Authors
- Renaat Declerck, Susan Reed, Bert Cappelle
Description
Part of a four-volume series, "The Grammar of the English Verb Phrase", this book aims to provide a grammar of tense which can be used both as an advanced reference grammar (for example by MA-level or postgraduate students of English or linguistics) and as a scientific study which can act as a basis for and stimulus to further research.
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