text_combined: linguistic theory dominique sportiche partitions atoms clause structure subjects agreement case clitics collection builds theory principles parameters economy minimalist descendants essays progressively develop view syntactic structures syntactic properties increasingly analyzed atomized progressively smaller elementary components partitioned way elementary components represented dominique sportiche argues consequence view languages differ syntactic organization routledge leading linguists routledge 1998 448 pp cl 0 415 16926 7 d4946 110 00 laura michaelis aspectual grammar past time reference work examines linguistic constructions speakers use talk events occurred past states held past laura michaelis argues fundamental conceptual division events states forms basis systems verbal aspect languages one talk meaning pasttense assertion without making reference eventstate distinction focusing english data author examines semantic functional overlap assertions past assertions involving events one asserts event given kind exists one making assertion past semantic overlap evoked way characterizing close relationship pasttense construction pastperfect construction past tense assertion like left used describe past presentperfect assertion like left used assert existence event invoking aftermath absence dr michaelis argues two constructions semantically equivalent distinguished function narrative study presents semantic framework analyzing aspectual constructions terms eventstate distinction describes grammatical expression aspectual meaning terms theory grammatical constructions theory grammatical constructions like words conventionalized formmeaning pairs best described respect intrinsic semantic values also respect functional opposition participate michaelis argues many otherwise puzzling grammatical constraints characterize english presentperfect construction motivated terms functional opposition present perfect past tense routledge studies germanic linguistics 4 routledge 1998 320 pp cl 0 415 15678 5 d4385 90 00 asa kasher ed pragmatics 6 volume set purpose collection portray development pragmatics science language way enable readers critically assess theorectical development issues explored include presupposition implicature discourse grammar communication indexicals psychology sociology work provides highly useful references suggestions reading exceptionally detailed subject name index enable easy immediate access reader critical concepts routledge 1998 2653 pp cl 0 415 11734 8 d2960 905 00 information titles routledge london new york north america www routledgeny com elsewhere www routledge com