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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Laura, Anna
• Lepschy, Giulio

Titel

Past Tenses

Ist Teil von

• Linguistica (Ljubljana), 1992-01, Vol.32, p.75-88

Erscheinungsjahr

1992

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Quelle

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Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Aspects of use, selection, temporal reference, & meaning of the three Italian past tense forms - imperfetto (imperfect), passato prossimo (present perfect), & passato remoto (simple past) - are examined: the division of the verbal system into moods & tenses in traditional grammar, past tense systems in Greek & Latin & their correspondence/noncorrespondence with the Italian system, the distinction between commentative & narrative tenses in Italian, objective vs subjective tenses, the perfective/imperfective distinction & its expression by Italian past tenses, the features [result], [pertinence], [inclusion], [indefiniteness], & [recent action] expressed by the three Italian forms of the past tense, & a comparison of overlap/nonoverlap between the Italian & English systems of past tenses & glottodidactic implications. 55 References. Z. Dubiel