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REPRESENTATION OF EVIDENTIAL MEANINGS BY THE PAST SIMPLE TENSE FORM IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
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Gyul'nara Firdavisovna Lutfullina
Kazan State Energetics University
Luiza Basirovna Kadyrova
Kazan State Energetics University
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Submitted:
April 28, 2014
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Abstract.
The article is devoted to investigating the representation of evidential meaning by the Past Simple tense form in the English language. The authors investigate the specifics of functioning of this form under representation of the situation of informing and the situation of the reported event, also considering the preferential compatibility in the poly-predicative complexes.
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Key words and phrases:
неличный доступ к информации
косвенная эвиденциальность
ситуация информирования
ситуация события
временная форма
темпоральный контекст
non-personal access to information
indirect evidentiality
situation of informing
situation of event
tense form
temporal context
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