Chapter 3
The Portuguese Pretérito Perfeito Composto
Article outline
- 3.1General meaning and meaning effects
- Ilari’s (2001)
account
- The Extended-Now (XN) approach to the
PPCpt
- The functional split of the PPCpt and the Simple
Past
- Continuation of te after
ts: Implication or implicature?
- 3.2A note on diatopic variation
- 3.3Quantificational readings
- 3.3.1Ipex readings
- Ipex as a combination of indefiniteness and
pluractionality
- Iterative vs. gradual readings
- 3.3.2Universal reading
- 3.3.3Characterizing readings
- Characterizing readings temporally restricted to the present
time-sphere
- 3.3.4Overview
- A diachronic note: The PPCpt’s evolution as a regular
idiosyncrasy?
- 3.4Adverbials
- 3.5Discourse
- 3.5.1PPCpt + PPCpt
- 3.5.2PPCpt + Pretérito Perfeito
Simples
- Contrasting episodicity and genericity
- Perspectival bridging
- 3.5.3PPCpt + Present Tense
- Contrast of characterizing PPCpt vs. generic
Present Tense
- PPCpt providing evidence for generic Present
Tense
- 3.5.4The macro-structure of discourse
- 3.6Conclusion
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Notes