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Aspectuality across Languages: Event construal in speech and gesture
Edited by Alan Cienki and Olga K. Iriskhanova
[
Human Cognitive Processing
62] 2018
► pp.
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106
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Chapter 3
Speakers’ verbal expression of event construal
Quantitative and qualitative analyses
Article outline
1.
Introduction: Construal of events in spoken narrative (Iriskhanova)
1.1
Basic features of narrative discourse
1.2
Basic features of spoken narratives
1.3
Some preliminary remarks on the textual data
2.
The French speakers’ verbal expression of event construal (Morgenstern, Boutet, Debras)
2.1
Background on the uses of tenses in narratives
2.2
Quantitative analyses
2.3
Qualitative analyses
2.3.1
Difference between the passé composé and the imparfait
2.3.2
Use of the present tense in narratives
2.3.3
Alternation between
imparfait, présent simple,
and
passé composé
2.4
Concluding remarks
3.
The German speakers’ verbal expression of event construal (Müller)
3.1
Introduction: Specifics of aspectual event construal in tense forms in spoken German
3.2
Quantitative analyses: Use of
Präteritum
and
Perfekt
in spoken German as compared to French use of
imparfait
and
passé composé
3.3
Qualitative analyses: The use of
Präteritum
and
Perfekt
in spoken German
3.4
Discussion
4.
The Russian speakers’ verbal expression of event construal (Denisova, Iriskhanova)
4.1
Introducing general specifics of tense and aspect use in spoken Russian narratives
4.2
Quantitative analysis: General results for Russian verbs
4.3
Qualitative analyses of Russian verbs
4.3.1
Some preliminary remarks on the specifics of Russian spoken narratives
4.3.2
Tense and aspect as related to the specifics of spoken narratives
4.3.3
Semantic features of verbs as related to the specifics of spoken narratives
4.3.4
Structural features of verbs as related to the specifics of spoken narratives
4.4
Concluding remarks
5.
Summary (Iriskhanova)