当代英语动词时态体系的认知研究

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1、分类号学校代码10542密级学号201002080835ACognitiveStudyoftheTenseSystemofVerbsinContemporaryEnglish当代英语动词时态体系的认知研究研究生姓名指导教师姓名、职称学科专业研究方向湖南师范大学学位评定委员会办公室1二0一三年五月ACognitiveStudyoftheTenseSystemofrbsinContemporaryEnglishAThesisSubmittedtoForeignStudiesCollegeOfHunanNormalUnive

2、rsityInPartialFulfillmentoftheRequirementsFortheDegreeofMasterofArtsintheSubjectofEnglishLanguageandLiteratureByZouXuanUndertheSupervisionofProfessorQinYuxiangChangsha，HunanMay,2013㈣6眦5吣6眦刁㈣3㈣2哪YAbstractThetenseofEnglishverbsisallimportantpartofgrammaticalstudya

3、thomeandabroad．InpreviousstudiestwotensesystemsofEnglishverbshavebeenproposed，themulti—tensesystemandthetwo—tensesystem．HoweveLlittleresearchhasbeendoneontheessenceoftimeconcepts，genermionoftenseandmotivationofthetwo—tensesystem．Undertheguidanceofthecategorytheo

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