Temporality : universals and variation /

Bittner, Maria.

Temporality : universals and variation / Maria Bittner. - First edition. - 1 online resource. - Explorations in semantics . - Explorations in semantics. .

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' "-- "Cutting-edge research on directly compositional dynamic semantics of languages with and without grammatical tense"--



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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.


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