How Long to Read The Prominence of Tense, Aspect and Mood

How Long Does it Take to Read The Prominence of Tense, Aspect and Mood?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 24 minutes to read The Prominence of Tense, Aspect and Mood by D.N.S. Bhat

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

The book puts forth an exciting hypothesis for the typologist. Its major claim is that languages can generally be regarded as belonging to a tense-prominent, aspect-prominent or mood-prominent language type. This grouping can be based upon the relative prominence that languages attach to one or the other of the three verbal categories, namely tense, aspect and mood, by grammaticalizing the chosen category to a greater degree than others, and by making it more obligatory, more systematic and more pervasive than others. The grouping, however, involves a gradation, as is indeed the case with other typological groupings, with some languages manifesting the relevant characteristic more strikingly than others. There are several characteristics that can be correlated with the relative prominence that languages attach to verbal categories. For example, tense-prominent languages tend to have mostly active but not stative verbs. They also tend to keep adjectives as a distinct category, or group them with nouns but not with verbs. Verbal forms used for foregrounding generally belong to the most prominent verbal category. These and other similar correlations make this typological classification worth pursuing. The book also contains a descriptive study of the three verbal categories.

How long is The Prominence of Tense, Aspect and Mood?

The Prominence of Tense, Aspect and Mood by D.N.S. Bhat is 198 pages long, and a total of 51,084 words.

This makes it 67% the length of the average book. It also has 62% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Prominence of Tense, Aspect and Mood Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 39 minutes to read The Prominence of Tense, Aspect and Mood aloud.

What Reading Level is The Prominence of Tense, Aspect and Mood?

The Prominence of Tense, Aspect and Mood is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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