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Verbal Aspect in Discourse

Author : Nils B. Thelin

Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing

Page : 479 pages

File Size : 22,49 MB

Release : 1990

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 902725012X

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In the light of growing insights into the universal temporal-semantic nature of aspectual distinctions, today's aspectology has broadened its attention from restrictedly event-defining functions of aspect on the sentence level towards its primary perspectival functions on the discourse/situation level. Hereby it attempts to relate these functions to each other in ways that stimulate consistently language processing on a more solid perceptual-conceptual and pragmatic basis. Reflecting in various ways this general tendency. The 13 papers collected in this volume are oriented to four fields of research: (1) Developmental properties of aspect and tense; (2) Ideo-pragmatic and conceptual-semantic correlates of aspect and the perspectival organisation of discourse; (3) Aspect, case and discourse; (4) and Aspect in literary discourse. The editor's Introduction gives a comprehensive survey of contemporary aspectology and its development towards a proper integration of discourse/situation conditions. Besides cross-linguistic considerations (including English), the languages analyzed specifically are Russian, Bulgarian, Lithuanian, French and Finnish.



Tense, aspect and discourse structure

Author : Jakob Egetenmeyer, Sarah Dessì Schmid, Martin G. Becker

Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Page : 365 pages

File Size : 27,70 MB

Release : 2024-08-09

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ISBN : 3111453936

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The Oxford Handbook of Tense and Aspect

Author : Robert I. Binnick

Publisher : Oxford University Press

Page : 1128 pages

File Size : 39,86 MB

Release : 2012-06-14

Category : Computers

ISBN : 0195381971

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This Handbook is a comprehensive, authoritative, and accessible guide to the topics and theories that current form the front line of research into tense, aspect, and related areas.



Tense and Aspect in Discourse

Author : Co Vet

Publisher : Walter de Gruyter

Page : 312 pages

File Size : 49,63 MB

Release : 1994

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 9783110138139

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TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS is a series of books that open new perspectives in our understanding of language. The series publishes state-of-the-art work on core areas of linguistics across theoretical frameworks, as well as studies that provide new insights by approaching language from an interdisciplinary perspective. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS considers itself a forum for cutting-edge research based on solid empirical data on language in its various manifestations, including sign languages. It regards linguistic variation in its synchronic and diachronic dimensions as well as in its social contexts as important sources of insight for a better understanding of the design of linguistic systems and the ecology and evolution of language. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS publishes monographs and outstanding dissertations as well as edited volumes, which provide the opportunity to address controversial topics from different empirical and theoretical viewpoints. High quality standards are ensured through anonymous reviewing. To discuss your book idea or submit a proposal, please contact Birgit Sievert.



Cross-linguistic Semantics of Tense, Aspect, and Modality

Author : Lotte Hogeweg

Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing

Page : 418 pages

File Size : 12,91 MB

Release : 2009-11-30

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 9027288933

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In recent years, we have witnessed, on the one hand, an increased interest in cross-linguistic data in formal semantic studies, and, on the other hand, an increased concern for semantic issues in language typology. However, only few studies combine semantic and typological research for a particular semantic domain (such as the papers in Bach et al. (1995) on quantification and Smith (1997) on aspect). This book brings together formal semanticists with a cross-linguistic perspective and/or those working on lesser-known languages, and typologists interested in semantic theory, to discuss semantic variation in the specific domain of Tense, Aspect, and Mood/Modality.



The Cambridge Handbook of Generative Syntax

Author : Marcel den Dikken

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : 1412 pages

File Size : 26,22 MB

Release : 2013-07-25

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 1107354587

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Syntax – the study of sentence structure – has been at the centre of generative linguistics from its inception and has developed rapidly and in various directions. The Cambridge Handbook of Generative Syntax provides a historical context for what is happening in the field of generative syntax today, a survey of the various generative approaches to syntactic structure available in the literature and an overview of the state of the art in the principal modules of the theory and the interfaces with semantics, phonology, information structure and sentence processing, as well as linguistic variation and language acquisition. This indispensable resource for advanced students, professional linguists (generative and non-generative alike) and scholars in related fields of inquiry presents a comprehensive survey of the field of generative syntactic research in all its variety, written by leading experts and providing a proper sense of the range of syntactic theories calling themselves generative.



The L2 Acquisition of Tense–Aspect Morphology

Author : M. Rafael Salaberry

Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing

Page : 499 pages

File Size : 17,39 MB

Release : 2002-10-24

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 9027296251

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The present volume provides a cross-linguistic perspective on the development of tense-aspect in L2 acquisition. Data-based studies included in this volume deal with the analysis of a wide range of target languages: Chinese, English, Italian, French, Japanese, and Spanish. Theoretical frameworks used to evaluate the nature of the empirical evidence range from generative grammar to functional-typological linguistics. Several studies focus on the development of past tense markers, but other issues such as the acquisition of a future marker are also addressed. An introductory chapter outlines some theoretical and methodological issues that serves as relevant preliminary reading for most of the chapters included in this volume. Additionally, a preliminary chapter offers a substantive review of first language acquisition of tense-aspect morphology. The analysis of the various languages included in this volume significantly advances our understanding of this phenomenon, and will serve as an important basis for future research.



The Cambridge Handbook of Formal Semantics

Author : Maria Aloni

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : 1239 pages

File Size : 16,34 MB

Release : 2016-07-07

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 131655273X

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Formal semantics - the scientific study of meaning in natural language - is one of the most fundamental and long-established areas of linguistics. This Handbook offers a comprehensive, yet compact guide to the field, bringing together research from a wide range of world-leading experts. Chapters include coverage of the historical context and foundation of contemporary formal semantics, a survey of the variety of formal/logical approaches to linguistic meaning and an overview of the major areas of research within current semantic theory, broadly conceived. The Handbook also explores the interfaces between semantics and neighbouring disciplines, including research in cognition and computation. This work will be essential reading for students and researchers working in linguistics, philosophy, psychology and computer science.



Cognitive Approaches to Tense, Aspect, and Epistemic Modality

Author : Adeline Patard

Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing

Page : 331 pages

File Size : 50,85 MB

Release : 2011

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 9027223831

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This volume addresses problems of semantics regarding the analysis of tense and aspect (TA) markers in a variety of languages, including Arabic, Croatian, English, French, German, Russian, Thai, and Turkish. Its main interest goes out to epistemic uses of such markers, whereby epistemic modality is understood as indicating “a degree of compatibility between the modal world and the factual world” (Declerck). All contributions, moreover, tackle these problems from a more or less cognitive point of view, with some of them insisting on the need to provide a unifying explanation for all usage types, temporal and non-temporal, and all of them accepting the premise that the semantics of TA categories essentially refers to subjective, rather than objective, concerns. The volume also represents one of the first attempts to gather accounts of TA marking (in various languages) that are explicitly set within the framework of Cognitive Grammar. Ultimately, this volume aims to contribute to establishing an awareness that modal meaning elements are directly relevant to the analysis of the grammar of time.



Discourse and Grammar in Australian Languages

Author : Ilana Mushin

Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing

Page : 254 pages

File Size : 24,53 MB

Release : 2008

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 902720571X

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Discourse and Grammar in Australian Languages is the first major survey to address the issue of the effects of information packaging on Australian languages, widely known for nonconfigurationality. The papers are based on individual fieldwork and describe a wide range of Australian languages of different types, ranging from the polysynthetic languages of Arnhem Land and the Kimberley to the classical types represented by Walpiri. Topics covered include the pragmatics of information exchange, the interaction of noun class marking with polarity and referentiality, the effects of specificity on argument indexing, the discourse uses of the ergative case, the contribution of pronouns to NP reference, the interaction of tense and aspect clitics with information structure, clause-initial position, and discourse and grammar in Australian languages. The volume will appeal to scholars interested in discourse, typology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics.