英文法における話者の視点 -主観的表現の文法 各論 II -

抄録

There is a great deal of complexity about tense in English Grammar. In certain cases it is very difficult to explain why a sentence has such a tense-form and in other cases the tense-form of a sentence seems to be wrong. We have tried to explain the complex 'tense' from the viewpoint of the speaker. The following problems are dealt with in detail; the present tense for the future tense in adverb clauses of time or condition, the delicate difference of meaning between the present and the present perfect and the past tenses when we express the same reality, and the progressive form and the viewpoint. We have also considered from the viewpoint of the speaker why the past form is used to express the unreality in the present or future time in the subjunctive mood.