Abstract
This paper presents a survey of non-temporal meanings of English tense. Proposals are made for the cognitive-pragmatic interaction which has led to time-reference having developed new semantic-pragmatic functions, such as politeness, epistemic stance, etc. We also consider the implication of the analysis for language teaching.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Applied Cognitive Linguistics I: Theory and Language Acquisition |
| Editors | M. Puetz, S. Niemeier, R. Dirven |
| Place of Publication | Berlin, Germany |
| Publisher | Mouton de Gruyter |
| Pages | 63-105 |
| Number of pages | 43 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9783110172218 |
| Publication status | Published - Oct 2001 |