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Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- LIST OF TABLES -- LIST OF FIGURES -- REFERENCES AND ABBREVIATIONS -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. REVIEW OF OTHER STUDIES -- III. STATEMENT OF ANALYTICAL PROCEDURES -- IV. DEFINITION OF TERMS -- V. DESCRIPTION OF CORPUS -- VI. DEFINITE TIME AND INDEFINITE TIME -- VII. TIME-RELATIONSHIPS AND TIME-FIELDS -- VIII. EXPANDED VERB-CLUSTERS AND NON-EXPANDED VERB-CLUSTERS -- IX. MOMENTARY PREDICATIONS AND "SUFFUSIVE" PREDICATIONS -- X. ELLIPTICAL CLAUSES AND COLLAPSED CLAUSIDS -- RECAPITULATION -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- Backmatter