essential reference work to cognitive linguistics. It encompasses a wide range of
perspectives and approaches, covering all the key areas of cognitive linguistics and drawing …

Prezentowana książka opisuje kategorię gramatyczną aspektu–opozycję między
czasownikami dokonanymi (dalej dk) i niedokonanymi (ndk) w języku polskim. O tym, że ta …

This paper reports on a literary corpus study of four grammatical tenses across four
European languages. The corpus consists of a selection of eight chapters from Javier …

This dissertation probes the nature of the syntactic operation of Agree through the lens of the
morphosyntax of Amahuaca, an endangered Panoan language of the Peruvian Amazon. I …

The distinction between perfective and imperfective aspect has been identified in many
languages across the world. This paper shows that even languages that do not have a …

Cyclical language change is a linguistic process by which a word, phrase, or part of the
grammar loses its meaning or function and is then replaced by another. This can even …

This article sheds new light on the usage constraints of be able to, by combining empirical
evidence from the British National Corpus (BNC, Davies 2004–) with theoretical insights on …

One major misconception about tense is that it locates situations. In fact, tense merely
locates reference time, while aspect determines the manner in which the denoted situation …

Grounding is what is needed to single out an instance of a type or, in other words, to achieve
reference in discourse. A so-called grounding predication is essential to the formation of a …

In this paper we demonstrate on the basis of diachronic and synchronic data from a variety
of languages that progressives are particularly liable to be used for the expression of …