The Expression of Epistemic Contingency in the Use of the Present and the Past Progressive: A Comparative Study of Present-Day Spoken American, Australian and British English
Vandooren, Zoé
Promotor(s) : Brems, Lieselotte
Date of defense : 18-Jan-2024/24-Jan-2024 • Permalink : http://hdl.handle.net/2268.2/19415
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Title : | The Expression of Epistemic Contingency in the Use of the Present and the Past Progressive: A Comparative Study of Present-Day Spoken American, Australian and British English |
Author : | Vandooren, Zoé |
Date of defense : | 18-Jan-2024/24-Jan-2024 |
Advisor(s) : | Brems, Lieselotte |
Committee's member(s) : | Louagie, Dana
Echitchi, Raymond |
Language : | English |
Number of pages : | 79 |
Discipline(s) : | Arts & humanities > Languages & linguistics |
Institution(s) : | Université de Liège, Liège, Belgique |
Degree: | Master en langues et lettres modernes, orientation germaniques, à finalité approfondie |
Faculty: | Master thesis of the Faculté de Philosophie et Lettres |
Abstract
[en] Drawing on the insights of Cognitive Grammar and in line with previous research this work attempts to study the use of the present progressive in three varieties of English: American, Australian and British English.This work also attempts to study past progressive contexts.
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