The Alternation Between Future Of Past Tense And Imperfect Tense In Hypothetical Constructions In The Speech Of Maceioenses
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Portuguese language, Linguistic Variation Theory, Future of past tense, Imperfect tense.Abstract
The goal of this work is the study of the alternation between two verb tenses – Future of Past Tense and Imperfect Tense – in main clauses of hypothetical contexts in the speech of maceioenses. The alternation between these two verb tenses is possible because these tenses share the property of referring to unfinished/unbounded events/actions. What puzzles us is the reason that makes a speaker choose one or another verb tense. We start from the hypothesis that the Imperfect Tense supersedes the Future of Past Tense in main clauses of hypothetical contexts of spoken language.Downloads
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