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... aspect distinctions are related to the notions of foreground and background . For exam- ple , Reid and Gildin ( 1980 ) have argued that the French aspect sys- tem can best be understood in terms of foreground and background ; Chvany ...
... aspect distinctions are related to the notions of foreground and background . For exam- ple , Reid and Gildin ( 1980 ) have argued that the French aspect sys- tem can best be understood in terms of foreground and background ; Chvany ...
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... aspect . The perfective- imperfective distinction is marked only in the past tense ; in the text given above , imperfective aspect is indicated by the verb - final form / pan / ( in some other verb forms , the marker is / htay ...
... aspect . The perfective- imperfective distinction is marked only in the past tense ; in the text given above , imperfective aspect is indicated by the verb - final form / pan / ( in some other verb forms , the marker is / htay ...
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... aspect and foregrounding do need some modification ; im- perfective aspect is correlated with backgrounding only in texts in which the narrated events are not repeated or habitual in nature . We have seen that in Cree as in other ...
... aspect and foregrounding do need some modification ; im- perfective aspect is correlated with backgrounding only in texts in which the narrated events are not repeated or habitual in nature . We have seen that in Cree as in other ...
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Roger Spielmann and Bertha Chief | 313 |
John A Strong | 327 |
MarcAdélard Tremblay and Josée Thivierge | 343 |
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