tailieunhanh - The grammar of the english verb phrase part 17

The framework is a revised version of the 'descriptive theory' pre¬sented in Declerck (1991). Although it is presented without unnecessary formal-ization, it is a rigid framework which could easily be formalized and used in | I. Introduction 105 In conclusion our future tense will cover not only the pure future interpretation but also the prediction sense and the predictability meaning of will. It is clear from and that we agree that there is an epistemic modal aspect of meaning in the future tense 6 and that we assume that willforms with the weak or strong epistemic connotation of pure future prediction or predictability can all be treated as future tense forms. In doing so we follow Declerck 1991 87 who argues that the use of will for predictability a use which is traditionally treated as modal rather than temporal can in fact be analysed as the use of future tense will in order to put the temporal focus on a future time of evaluation. The idea of temporal focus will be dealt with at length in 3 but is in fact clear from the following examples I spoke to the foreigner in French because he didn t understand English. The foreigner presumably still does not understand English so the speaker could have used doesn t understand. Using the past tense however he focuses on the time when he spoke to the foreigner rather than on t0. Bill finally saw the town which lay in a wide valley. The town still lies in that valley but putting the temporal focus on the past time when Bill saw the town is a means of representing things as Bill experienced them i. e. from his point of view. I need I will need a stamp for this envelope. With will need the speaker focuses on the future time when he will make the envelope ready to be sent off. These examples show that tense forms can reflect a choice not only of temporal location of a situation relative to another time but also of point of view temporal focus . Predictability will can be explained similarly as a result of putting the temporal focus on a future time of evaluation They will be across the border by now. when the bell rings That will be the milkman. This car will have cost a good deal I suppose. These uses of will can be .

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