Davidsen-Nielsen Niels. Tense and Mood in English: A Comparison with Danish

Mouton de Gruyter, 1990. — 236 p. — (Topics in English Linguistics). — ISBN 3110125811, 9783110125818.The future of English linguistics as envisaged by the editors of Topics in English Linguistics lies in empirical studies which integrate work in English linguistics into general and theoretical linguistics on the one hand, and comparative linguistics on the other. The TiEL series features volumes that present interesting new data and analyses, and above all fresh approaches that contribute to the overall aim of the series, which is to further outstanding research in English linguistics.AuxiliariesEpistemic and non-epistemic modals
Criteria of auxiliarity
The semantic criterion
The criterion of functional dependency
The criterion of permanence of the lexical restrictions of V"
The criterion of direct attachment
Analysis proposed
Analysis of mood
The concept of modality
Mood in English
Mood in Danish
Analysis of tense
Time and tense
Number of tenses and their implementation
Tense meanings
Eight or six tenses?
Other analytical possibilities
Tense in fiction
Mood usage
Possibility
Necessity
Probability
Report
Imperative
Subjunctive
Mood in non-finite verb phrases III
Tense usage
Present time meaning
Future time meaning
Fast time meaning
Anterior time meaning
Anterior past time meaning
Anterior future time meaning
Future of the past time meaning
Anterior future of the past time meaningTense usage in indirect speech
Tense in non-fmite clauses
Modal usage of tenses
The present
The future
The present perfect
The future perfect
The past
The future of the past
The past perfect
The future perfect of the pastSemi-auxiliaries and deontic modality
Permission
Compulsion
Obligation
Duty
Notes