The Acquisition of Aspect and Modality: The Case of Past Reference in Turkish

List of figures List of tables Acknowledgements Symbols and abbreviations Part I. Tense, Aspect and Modality in Acquisition: 1. Introduction 2. Tense, aspect and modality 3. Theoretical and empirical research on the development of temporal reference Part II. Development of Past Reference in Turkish: From 'Perfect' Aspect to 'Evidential' Modality: 4. The empirical study: rationale and hypotheses 5. Longitudinal study of early inflectional development 6. Experimental study of the production of the pasts of direct vs. indirect experience 7. Experimental study of the comprehension and metalinguistic awareness of the pasts of direct vs. indirect experience 8. Production and comprehension of the quotation function Part III. Conclusions and General Implications: 9. Conclusion Appendix Notes Bibliography Indexes.