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The purpose of this study is to present an unified and systematic account for the multiple uses of English past tense based on a cognitive- semantic approach. In this study, it is suggested that the non-temporal meanings of past tense in English are extended from its temporal senses through conceptual metaphorization in a cognitively oriented way. This study also claims that a relationship between the non-temporal uses of English past tense and its temporal function is licensed by virtue of a conceptual correlation between the speaker’s conceptual dimension and the proximal-distal distinction, presenting cognitive-semantic factors such as possibiliy, cognitive salience, cognitive commitment to actuality, indirectness, and so on. In a pedagogical context this kind of approach may be useful to draw EFL learners’ attention to those cognitive-semantic aspects of English past tense that are especailly relevant for its pragmatically motivated uses. Following an analysis of the non-temporal meanings of the past tense on the basis of a cognitive-semantic approach, pedagogical implications are offered for teaching the non-temporal uses of English past tense.

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1. Introduction
 II. Common Assumptions in EFL Pedagogical Grammars
 III. Non-temporal Meanings of Past Tense
  3.1 Past Tense and Remoteness of Possibility
  3.2 Past Tense and Actuality
  3.3. Past Tense and Indirectness
 IV. Conclusion and Pedagogical Implications
 Works Cited
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저자

• Kim, Kyung-Yul [ 김경열 | Kangwon National University ]

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• 간행물명

  영어영문학연구 [The Jungang Journal of English Language and Literature]

• 간기

  계간

• pISSN

  1598-3293

• 수록기간

  1968~2026

• 등재여부

  KCI 등재

• 십진분류

  KDC 840 DDC 810