Use and Temporal Interpretation of the Rukai Future Tense

In Renate Musan & Monika Rathert (eds.), Tense across Languages. Niemeyer. pp. 91-108 (2011)
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Abstract

This paper provides a tense analysis of the future marker in a future/nonfuture system drawing data from Rukai. By examining its interaction with negation, aspectual markers and modals, this study argues that the future marker in a future/nonfuture system can be a real tense.

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