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- Title
On the Semantics of the English Resultative Present Perfect.
- Authors
Czeglédi, Csaba
- Abstract
The paper discusses some issues and misunderstandings in the interpretation of what Huddleston and Pullum (2002) call 'the resultative perfect'. It is shown, in particular, how and when Leech (1971) was right about the meaning of the English present perfect, when he thought he wasn't (and how he wasn't when he thought he was).
- Subjects
RESULTATIVE constructions (Grammar); SEMANTICS; DEFINITENESS (Linguistics); ENGLISH language; COMMUNICATIVE action
- Publication
Eger Journal of English Studies, 2012, Vol 12, p51
- ISSN
1786-5638
- Publication type
Article