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... event may clearly precede the utterance time , and yet the event has present relevance - it is still related to the utterance time , much like the present perfect in English . * In ( 4 ) , the context is one of recent past - one of the ...
... event may clearly precede the utterance time , and yet the event has present relevance - it is still related to the utterance time , much like the present perfect in English . * In ( 4 ) , the context is one of recent past - one of the ...
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... event is shifted with respect to the utterance time . An unmarked ê - clause has a much freer interpretation - the ... event time relative to utterance time ; it does not shift the time of the event relative to an embedded clause or ...
... event is shifted with respect to the utterance time . An unmarked ê - clause has a much freer interpretation - the ... event time relative to utterance time ; it does not shift the time of the event relative to an embedded clause or ...
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... events . In ( 8a ) the temporal ordering of the clauses reflects their linear ordering ( con- firmed by the inclusion of Jeff as one of the participants in the event of eat- ing ) . However , when kî- is added to the second ê - conjunct ...
... events . In ( 8a ) the temporal ordering of the clauses reflects their linear ordering ( con- firmed by the inclusion of Jeff as one of the participants in the event of eat- ing ) . However , when kî- is added to the second ê - conjunct ...
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Julie Brittain Carrie Dyck Yvan Rose Marguerite MacKenzie | 29 |
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