I-VI -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Definition of the concepts bounded-unbounded and telic-atelic -- Chapter 2. Declerck (1991a): tense in discourse (part 1) -- Chapter 3. The expression of temporal relations in past sector RCs -- Chapter 4. The expression of (W-)anteriority in pre-present sector RCs -- Chapter 5. The expression of (W-)anteriority and (W-)simultaneity in post- present sector RCs -- Chapter 6. Difference in contextual effects between mutually substitutable verb forms -- Chapter 7. The principle of unmarked temporal interpretation -- Chapter 8. Choice of binding TO in RCs -- General conclusion -- Appendix -- Notes -- References -- Index