In this book, the author presents the results of her analysis of the use of the two tenses, imparfait and passe simple, in French narrative discourse. One conclusion she reaches is that these two tenses can be defined as state' and event', respectively, and that, with such definitions, different temporal and aspectual values that have traditionally been associated with these two tenses can be united.

The Cubeo people live principally along the Vaupes, Cuduyari, and Querari Rivers in the northwestern Amazon River Basin. Although the Cubeos have had contact with people outside their communities since the sixteenth century, their language and culture have remained largely intact. In this fifth volume in the series of Colombia language studies, the reader gains an overview of Cubeo phonology and morphophonemics, word classes, clause structure, and subordination. The text is richly supplemented with examples. The various affixes presented in the text are listed in the first appendix with their...