Discursive role of past tenses : a text analysis
The article discusses the meaning and usage of the principal past tense forms in English from a discursive perspective. Analysing short excerpts from a fictional narrative, the author argues that English past tenses in narratives have, besides their primary temporal-aspectual function, an impor ta...
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University of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani)
2002-12-01
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The article discusses the meaning and usage of the principal past tense forms in English from a discursive perspective. Analysing short excerpts from a fictional narrative, the author argues that English past tenses in narratives have, besides their primary temporal-aspectual function, an impor tant role in marking the type and the prominence of the past event or situation within a textual complex.
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| spelling | doaj.art-8025614ecc1f4bbe90db26325377e9492023-01-18T08:47:11ZdeuUniversity of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani)Acta Neophilologica0567-784X2350-417X2002-12-01351-210.4312/an.35.1-2.127-136Discursive role of past tenses : a text analysisGašper Ilc0University of Ljubljana The article discusses the meaning and usage of the principal past tense forms in English from a discursive perspective. Analysing short excerpts from a fictional narrative, the author argues that English past tenses in narratives have, besides their primary temporal-aspectual function, an impor tant role in marking the type and the prominence of the past event or situation within a textual complex. https://journals.uni-lj.si/ActaNeophilologica/article/view/6454English language / Grammar / Past tenses / Discourse analysis |
| spellingShingle | Gašper Ilc Discursive role of past tenses : a text analysis Acta Neophilologica English language / Grammar / Past tenses / Discourse analysis |
| title | Discursive role of past tenses : a text analysis |
| title_full | Discursive role of past tenses : a text analysis |
| title_fullStr | Discursive role of past tenses : a text analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Discursive role of past tenses : a text analysis |
| title_short | Discursive role of past tenses : a text analysis |
| title_sort | discursive role of past tenses a text analysis |
| topic | English language / Grammar / Past tenses / Discourse analysis |
| url | https://journals.uni-lj.si/ActaNeophilologica/article/view/6454 |
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