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Past Perfect Semantics

Past Perfect Semantics is a theoretical construct in tense semantics that characterizes the interpretation of past perfect expressions as denoting events located before a past reference time, thereby distinguishing it from simple past and other relative tense interpretations within temporal ontology.

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2017–2026

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Publications

27

The English Perfect: Tense-Choice and Pragmatic Inferences

Marianne Celce‐Murcia, Robert W. McCoard · Modern Language Journal · 1979 · 360 citations

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The Present Perfect as an Epistemic Modal

Roumyana Izvorski · Proceedings from Semantics and Linguistic Theory · 1997 · 325 citations · Full text

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The English Resultative perfect and its relationship to the Experiential perfect and the simple past tense

Anita Mittwoch · Linguistics and Philosophy · 2008 · 178 citations

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<b>A semantic and pragmatic examination of the English perfect</b> . By Peter Fenn. (Tübinger Beiträge zur Linguistik, 312. Tübingen: Gunter Narr, 1987. Pp. x, 261. DM 68.00.

Byron W. Bender · Language · 1993 · 70 citations

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On the resultative character of present perfect sentences

Ilse Depraetere · Journal of Pragmatics · 1998 · 69 citations

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Authors

35

  1. RI
    Roumyana Izvorski

    University of Pennsylvania, United States

    2 publications · 338 citations

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  2. JM
    Jim Miller

    University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 16 citations

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  3. LS
    Laura S. Bos

    University of Groningen, Netherlands

    1 publications · 29 citations

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  4. CL
    Chung-Hyun Lee

    Pohang University of Science and Technology, South Korea

    1 publications · 11 citations

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  5. JE
    Johan Elsness

    University of Oslo, Norway

    1 publications · 30 citations

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Institutions

24

  1. University of Potsdam

    Potsdam, Germany

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    44 citations

  2. California University of Pennsylvania

    California, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    338 citations

  3. UiT The Arctic University of Norway

    Tromsø, Norway

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    26 citations

  4. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

    Thessaloniki, Greece

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    30 citations

  5. University of Oslo

    Oslo, Norway

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    30 citations

  6. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    13 citations

  7. Max Planck Society

    Munich, Germany

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    16 citations

  8. Osnabrück University

    Osnabrück, Germany

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    15 citations

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Venues

  1. Proceedings from Semantics and Linguistic Theory

    SALT · 3 publications · 353 citations

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  2. Language

    2 publications · 86 citations

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  3. Modern Language Journal

    MLJ · 1 publications · 360 citations

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  4. Scholarworks (University of Massachusetts Amherst)

    Repository · 1 publications · 15 citations

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  5. Open Linguistics

    1 publications · 21 citations

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