Be after v-ing on the past grammaticalisation path : how far is it after coming?

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Content:

1. Perfect to Preterite?

2. A Past Grammaticalisation Path for Be after V-ing
2.1. Perfect Grams and Sources
2.2. Perfect Distinctions and Perfect-Preterite Evolution

3. Semantic History of Past-Time Be After V-ing
3.1. Perfect Uses, 1670-1800
3.2. Perfect Uses, 1801-2000

4. Temporal Adverbials and Uses of Be After V-ing, 1701-2000
4.1. Hodiernal Uses
4.2. Preterite Uses
4.3. How Far Is It after Coming?

5. Conclusion

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1. urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-40960
2. http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/volltexte/2010/4096/

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English

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Identifer	oai:union.ndltd.org:Potsdam/oai:kobv.de-opus-ubp:4096
Date	January 2006
Creators	McCafferty, Kevin
Publisher	Universität Potsdam, Philosophische Fakultät. Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik
Source Sets	Potsdam University
Language	English
Detected Language	English
Type	Article
Format	application/pdf
Rights	http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/doku/urheberrecht.php