37.2278, Books: Futures of the past: Stefan Hartmann, Lena Schnee (eds.) (2026)

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Date: 07-Jul-2026
From: Sebastian Nordhoff [support at langsci-press.org]
Subject: Futures of the past: Stefan Hartmann, Lena Schnee (eds.) (2026)


Title: Futures of the past
Subtitle: The diachrony of future constructions across languages
Series Title: Advances in Historical Linguistics
Publication Year: 2026

Publisher: Language Science Press
           http://langsci-press.org
Book URL: https://langsci-press.org/catalog/book/536

Editor(s): Stefan Hartmann, Lena Schnee

eBook

Abstract:

Thinking of and talking about future events is a crucial part of our
everyday lives. Thus, it is not surprising that in the languages of
the world, a variety of markers for future time reference has
developed. The goal of this volume is to take a contrastive
perspective on the evolution of future constructions by bringing
together scholars working on different languages and language
families. In doing so, the edited volume opens up new perspectives on
long-standing questions regarding the diachronic development of future
constructions across languages, with implications not only for
research on tense-aspect-mood systems but also for research on
grammaticalization and language change more generally.

Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics

Written In: English (eng, stan1293)



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