Temporality : universals and variation / [electronic resource]
by Bittner, Maria.
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BookSeries: Explorations in semantics: Publisher: Chichester, West Sussex, UK : Wiley-Blackwell, 2014.Edition: First edition.Description: 1 online resource.ISBN: 9781118584033; 1118584031; 9781118584019; 1118584015; 9781118584002; 1118584007.Subject(s): Grammar, Comparative and general -- Temporal constructions | Linguistic universals | Language and languages -- Variation | Semantics | Logic, Symbolic and mathematical -- Handbooks, manuals, etc | Natural language processing (Computer science) -- Handbooks, manuals, etc | Semantics -- Handbooks, manuals, etc | LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Semantics | Grammar, Comparative and general -- Temporal constructions | Language and languages -- Variation | Linguistic universals | Semantics | Electronic booksOnline resources: Wiley Online Library Summary: "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 'grammatical centering systems' "-- Provided by publisher.Summary: "Cutting-edge research on directly compositional dynamic semantics of languages with and without grammatical tense"-- Provided by publisher.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 308-317) and indexes.
"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 'grammatical centering systems' "-- Provided by publisher.
"Cutting-edge research on directly compositional dynamic semantics of languages with and without grammatical tense"-- Provided by publisher.
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