Modern Language Journal · 1991 · 52 citations · 0 references
Language StudiesFrenchLinguisticsDiscourse AnalysisSociolinguisticsSyntaxGrammarTense MarkingTense MorphologyTense SemanticsTense-aspect-mood SystemsTense-aspect-mood TypologyPast Tense SemanticsTense AmbiguityTense In DiscourseTense InterpretationTense PrefixesTense SyntaxTense TypologyTense Usage
The aims of this study is to first demonstrate that the seemingly haphazard mixing of the French past tenses is in fact due to the occurence in a particular context, and then classify the factors involved. This book should be of interest to advanced students and lecturers of linguistics, sociolinguistics and French language studies.