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Page 188
... past in the form of their oral history . As one writer has remarked , in “ giving a past it also helps them toward a future of their own making ” ( Thompson 1978 : 226 ) . Such an axiom is also true of our under- standing of Indian ...
... past in the form of their oral history . As one writer has remarked , in “ giving a past it also helps them toward a future of their own making ” ( Thompson 1978 : 226 ) . Such an axiom is also true of our under- standing of Indian ...
Page 298
... past tense marker ( and particularly a marker of imperfective aspect in the past ) in this way ( indeed , both English and French do so ) . In all the languages that I have examined which use this device ( 13 languages from 7 language ...
... past tense marker ( and particularly a marker of imperfective aspect in the past ) in this way ( indeed , both English and French do so ) . In all the languages that I have examined which use this device ( 13 languages from 7 language ...
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... past tense ( historically a past tense subjunctive ; the non - subjunctive ' was ' can also be used here ) , and ' had ' functions as a double past tense form in ' had seen ' ( ' have ' indicates true semantic past time and it is also ...
... past tense ( historically a past tense subjunctive ; the non - subjunctive ' was ' can also be used here ) , and ' had ' functions as a double past tense form in ' had seen ' ( ' have ' indicates true semantic past time and it is also ...
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LouisPhilippe Vaillancourt | 21 |
Emmanuel Désveaux | 33 |
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