On the articulation of aspectual meaning in African -American English

This dissertation investigates the articulation of aspect in African-American English (AAE). Its primary goal is the development of a formal semantics of AAE simple V-ed sentences that explains their compositional interpretation and relationship to done V-ed sentences. Building largely on the valuab...

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Main Author: Terry, Jules Michael Eugene
Language:ENG
Published: ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst 2004
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Online Access:https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI3136782