Published July 18, 1997 | Version v1
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From space to time: Temporal adverbials in the world's languages

  • 1. Freie Universität Berlin

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This book describes temporal adverbials in the world's languages, on the basis of a sample of 50 languages from around the world. It covers temporal location ('in July', 'on Monday'), temporal distance ('since Monday', 'three months ago'), temporal extent ('for three months'), and other temporal functions.

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