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Overlap and divergence : aspects of the present perfect in World Englishes
Werner, Valentin (2016): „Overlap and divergence : aspects of the present perfect in World Englishes“. Amsterdam: Benjamins doi: 10.1075/veaw.g57.06wer.
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Title of the compilation:
World Englishes : New theoretical and methodological considerations
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Year of publication:
2016
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9789027249173
Language:
English
Abstract:
This study provides an analysis of the Present Perfect (PrPf; have + V-en) in World Englishes. To this end, I extract occurrences of the PrPf from the International Corpus of English and annotate them manually for various factors (such as semantics, Aktionsart, temporal adverbials). I analyze the distributions of these factors and define a central PrPf context, while I also explore a multidimensional aggregative approach as a means to establish measures of similarity between the different varieties. In addition, I present a measure of PrPf-friendliness and examine alternative surface forms appearing in perfect contexts. Eventually I relate the findings to existing models of World Englishes, whose applicability I critically review in the light of the findings for the feature under investigation.
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present perfect
World Englishes
tense
time-reference
International Corpus of English
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Contribution to an Articlecollection
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May 23, 2016
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