Tense and aspect in the news discourse of Nepali English
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2268626 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Beverly A S Hartford (Indiana University Bloomington, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1993 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-13 |
| Publication date | 1993-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | World Englishes (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0883-2919 • E-ISSN: 1467-971X |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-971x.1993.tb00002.x |
| OpenAlex | W2097771686 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 5 |
This paper presents an analysis of tense and aspect variation in the news discourse of Nepali English. It takes the position that institutionalized non-native varieties of English employ local norms of usage which are available for linguistic analysis. Nepali English news-stories employ the pluperfect in some cases where NaE would use simple past. This pluperfect is used for backgrounding, interacting with other forms to provide textual coherence. It is bound to the news text's relevance structure, and signals information which is low in importance to the major topic of the article. The Nepali English pluperfect reflects a primary remoteness semantic while the native English pluperfect reflects a primary anteriority semantic
Coherence (philosophical gambling strategy · Linguistics · Nepali · Political science · Relevance (law · Simple past · Sociology · Statistics · Varieties of English · History · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Law · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Mathematics · Philosophy · Swearing, Euphemism, Multilingualism
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,1 |
| Citation span | 1995 - 2022 (28) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |