Temporality universals and variation / Maria Bittner.
| Author/creator | Bittner, Maria |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | First Edition. |
| Publication Info | Chichester, West Sussex, UK : Wiley-Blackwell, 2014. |
| Description | 1 online resource. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Explorations in semantics |
| Abstract | "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. |
| Abstract | "Cutting-edge research on directly compositional dynamic semantics of languages with and without grammatical tense"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Bittner, Maria. Temporality First Edition. Hoboken : Wiley-Blackwell, 2014 9781405190404 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2013039618 |
| ISBN | 9781118584033 (ePub) |
| ISBN | 9781118584019 (Adobe PDF) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |