Temporality universals and variation / Maria Bittner.

Author/creator Bittner, Maria
Format Electronic
EditionFirst Edition.
Publication InfoChichester, West Sussex, UK : Wiley-Blackwell, 2014.
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SeriesExplorations 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.
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Issued in other formPrint version: Bittner, Maria. Temporality First Edition. Hoboken : Wiley-Blackwell, 2014 9781405190404
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2013039618
ISBN9781118584033 (ePub)
ISBN9781118584019 (Adobe PDF)

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