The Present Perfect Puzzle in US-American English: an FDG Analysis

This paper examines the rare but well-attested combinations of the Present Perfect with definite temporal adverbials denoting past time in US-American English. The goal of this paper is twofold. For one thing, it outlines the disemous analysis FDG proposes for the form have + past participle in its...

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Main Author: Skala Julia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2018-12-01
Series:Open Linguistics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/opli-2018-0030