Temporality - E-book - 9781118584033

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Temporality - ENG

Universals And Variation

Maria Bittner

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ISBN:	9781118584033
Formato:	ePub
Idioma:	Inglés
Editorial:	Wiley Global Research (STMS)
Tema:	Lenguas
Subtema:	Lingüística semántica
Año de publicación:	2014-04-24

Temporality surveys the ways in which languages of different types refer to past, present, and future events, through an in-depth examination of four major language types: tense-based English, tense-aspect-based Polish, aspect-based Chinese, and mood-based Kalaallisut. Cutting-edge research on directly compositional dynamic semantics of languages with and without grammatical tense New in-depth analysis of temporal, aspectual, modal, as well as nominal discourse reference Presents a novel logical language for representing linguistic meaning (Update with Centering) Develops a unified theory of tense, aspect, mood, and person as different types of â€˜grammatical centering systemsâ€™

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