Notes on the english present perfective, and on its cousin, the portuguese pretérito perfeito composto
The author compares the way the English Present Perfective, and its cousin, the Portuguese Pretérito Perfeito Composto, behave with different types of lexical verb. This comparison, and a reflection on the semantic and pragmatic nature of these structures, leads to the proposal that the distinction...
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| Format: | article |
| Language: | eng |
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1994
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10216/7840 |
| Country: | Portugal |
| Oai: | oai:repositorio-aberto.up.pt:10216/7840 |