Autour des verbes : constructions et interprétations / sous la direction de Kozue Ogata, Université Aoyama Gakuin, Tokyo.

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Ogata, Kozue [editor.]

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TextSeries: Linguisticae investigationes. Supplementa ; ; v. 29,Publication details: Amsterdam : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2013.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:

text

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computer

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9789027271440
9027271445
1299794742
9781299794740

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Autour des verbes.DDC classification:

415/.6 23

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P291 .A83 2013eb

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Summary: This paper is intended as an contrastive study of present narrative in French and in Japanese within the framework of Mental Space Theory. In French the so called "historical present" is a metaphorical use of present tense intending to convey past events as if it were now present before the speaker's eye. But in Japanese the present tense is used to describe the state of past situations without any stylistic effects. The difference comes from the different tense systems of the two languages. In French all events must be indicated from the speaker's position, but Japanese tense indicate only th.

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This paper is intended as an contrastive study of present narrative in French and in Japanese within the framework of Mental Space Theory. In French the so called "historical present" is a metaphorical use of present tense intending to convey past events as if it were now present before the speaker's eye. But in Japanese the present tense is used to describe the state of past situations without any stylistic effects. The difference comes from the different tense systems of the two languages. In French all events must be indicated from the speaker's position, but Japanese tense indicate only th.

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