Formal and Functional Perspectives on Tense and Related Categories (Europaische Hochschulschriften. Reihe Xxi, Linguistik, Bd.)

This book explores the gap that has developed between two sides in linguistics: the formal tradition and the functional tradition. It discusses fundamental issues such as tense, aspect and action by examining and comparing insights from the two traditions with a view to determining whether there are any possibilities of future bride-building between the two approaches. This study focuses on comparing the actual output of different linguistic approaches and examines their 'usefulness'. A major aim is, therefore, to evaluate and identify the most useful approach.Christian Heyde Petersen is the author of 'Formal and Functional Perspectives on Tense and Related Categories (Europaische Hochschulschriften. Reihe Xxi, Linguistik, Bd.)', published 2004 under ISBN 9783039103676 and ISBN 3039103679.