The Evolution of Grammar: Tense, Aspect, and Modality in the Languages of the World Joan Bybee, Revere Perkins, William Pagliuca
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press

Some languages can be said to lack aspect; others, tense, at least. But looking at that, we have human languages claimed to lack some of those features. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. This is only to be expected, since this is a pedagogic grammar – one that models the target language for the learner, rather than one that describes its infinite variety for the specialist. Bybee, Joan; Perkins, Revere, & Pagliuca, William. Chicago/London: University of Chicago Press. 1994 The Evolution of Grammar: Tense, Aspect, and Modality in the Languages of the World. In this approach, the creation of new languages, whether or not they are labeled “Creole,” sheds lights on the interplay of first- and second-language acquisition as new grammars are built from complex and variable input. Back to the beginning of the Proto-World thread]. Modality in grammar and discourse. The evolution of grammar.Tense, aspect, and modality in the languages of the world. Posted by Piotr sporadic and dynamic ways. Modeling implies some And the reason that continuous forms are less often used with mental process verbs is that states of knowledge tend not to be dynamic or evolving (a core meaning of progressive aspect) — you either love something or you don't. Perhaps a lack of abstract nouns or metalinguistics? The evolution of grammar: Tense, aspect, and modality in the languages of the world. Concrete nouns come from calls, verbs from gestures, with grammar to establish a general logical relationship then what? Bybee, Joan L., Perkins,Revere and Pagliuca,William. All tense/aspect/modality is done with separate, orthogonal particles.