Tense and aspect in Indo-European languages [electronic resource] : theory, typology, diachrony / John Hewson, Vít Bubeník.

1. Authors' Preface; 2. List of Abbreviations; 3. Chapter 1: Tense and Aspect: Description and Theory (by Hewson, John); 4. Section A: Languages with the original three-aspect system: present - aorist - perfect; 5. Chapter 2: The Verbal System of Ancient Greek (by Hewson, John); 6. Chapter 3: The Verbal System of Vedic and Classical Sanskrit (by Bubenik, Vit); 7. Section B: Languages with the original present - aorist system and innovative perfect; 8. Chapter 4: The Verbal System of Classical Armenian (by Bubenik, Vit); 9. Chapter 5: The Verbal System of Old Church Slavic (by Bubenik, Vit); 10. Chapter 6: The Verbal System of Albanian (by Bubenik, Vit); 11. Chapter 7: The Verbal System of Tocharian (by Bubenik, Vit); 12. Section C: Languages with a three-tense system; 13. Chapter 8: Tense and Aspect in Baltic (by Hewson, John); 14. Chapter 9: Tense and Aspect in Celtic (by Hewson, John); 15. Chapter 10: The Latin Verbal System (by Hewson, John); 16. Section D: Languages which merged the original aorist and perfect into the preterit; 17. Chapter 11: The Verbal System of Germanic (Gothic, Old English) (by Hewson, John); 18. Chapter 12: The Verbal System of Anatolian (Hittite) (by Bubenik, Vit); 19. Section E: Later Developments; 20. Chapter 13: From Ancient to Modern Greek (by Bubenik, Vit); 21. Chapter 14: Development of Modern Indic Tense-Aspect System (by Bubenik, Vit); 22. Chapter 15: Development of Modern Slavic Tense-Aspect System (by Bubenik, Vit); 23. Chapter 16: Development of Modern Iranian Tense-Aspect System (by Bubenik, Vit); 24. Chapter 17: From Latin to Modern Romance (by Hewson, John); 25. Chapter 18: Tense and Aspect in Modern Germanic (by Hewson, John); 26. Chapter 19: Conclusions (by Hewson, John); 27. Appendices; 28. References; 29. Indexes.

Presenting a general picture of the evolution of IE verbal systems within a coherent cognitive framework, this work encompasses all the language families of the IE phylum, from prehistory to present-day languages. The authors relate tense and aspect to underlying cognitive processes.