Future discourse in a tenseless language

Journal of Semantics 22 (4):339-87 (2005)
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Abstract

The Eskimo language Kalaallisut (alias West Greenlandic) has traditionally been described as having a rich tense system, with three future tenses (Kleinschmidt 1851, Bergsland 1955, Fortescue 1984) and possibly four past tenses (Fortescue 1984). Recently however, Shaer (2003) has challenged these traditional claims, arguing that Kalaallisut is in fact tenseless.

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Maria Bittner
Rutgers University, New Brunswick

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