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TENSE AND ASPECT IN INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES: THEORY,TYPOLOGY, DIACHRONY.John Hewson and Vit Bubenik. Amsterdam:Benjamins, 1997. Pp. xii + 403. $89.00 cloth.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 2000

Donald F. Reindl
Donald F. Reindl
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Indiana University
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Abstract

Tense and aspect is grounded in Gustave Guillaume's notion of “chronogenesis,” the staged development of a complex time image. Within this framework, the historical development of the tense and aspect systems of all branches of Indo-European is analyzed with clarity, demonstrating their divergence from a common model. The approach is based on the notions of Descending (moving-world) versus Ascending (moving-ego) Time, with ω-moments as memory and α-moments as imagination. The position of consciousness in relation to these moments is essential for characterizing aspect.

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Studies in Second Language Acquisition , Volume 22 , Issue 2 , June 2000 , pp. 291
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2000 Cambridge University Press

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