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Tense/Aspect Variation in American Indian English

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 December 2008

H. Guillermo Bartelt
H. Guillermo Bartelt
Affiliation:
Gesamthochschule Kassel, Fachbereich 8, D3500 Kassel, West Germany. After July 15, 1986: Department of English, Yavapai College, Prescott, Arizona 86301, U.S.A.
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Abstract

This paper presents possible evidence from Apachean English for the existence of state/nonstate and punctual/nonpunctual distinctions as theorized in Bickerton's bioprogram concept. In addition, it is pointed out that bioprogram characteristics may surface in contact situations other than classic creoles.

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Nordic Journal of Linguistics , Volume 9 , Issue 1 , June 1986 , pp. 47 - 53
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1986

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