【本書目錄】 序(一) 序(二) 前言 Synopsis List of Figures List of Tables List of Diagrams Notational Conventions Abbreviations 1. Introduction 1.1 Background to the study 1.2 The aim of the study and some related research questions 1.3 Data collection 1.4 The organization of the study 2. Preliminaries 2.1 Introduction 2.2 The definition of tense 2.3 Types of tense 2.4 Features of tense 2.5 The relationship between tense and temporal circumstances 2.6 The uplift of tense to the clause rank 2.7 Basic principles and working rules 2.8 The interpretation of the temporal order of events 2.9 Summary 3. Tense in finite paratactic clause complexes 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Features of finite paratactic clause complexes 3.3 Dominant-and-dependent tense relationships 3.3.1 Tense relationships located in a past time 3.3.1.1 Anteriority 3.3.1.2 Simultaneity 3.3.1.3 Posteriority 3.3.2 Tense relationships located in a present or future time 3.3.3 Tense relationships in the combination of parataxis and projection 3.4 Independent tense phenomena 3.4.1 Application of the reference time shifting rule 3.4.2 Motivations for the application of the reference time modifying rule 3.5 Interpretation of the temporal order between event times 3.6 Summary 4. Tense in non-finite clauses 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Features and functions of non-finite clauses 4.3 Nature of verb forms in non-finite clauses 4.3.1 Tense or aspect 4.3.2 Tense rather than aspect 4.3.3 Realization forms ……