Temporality :
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"--
9781118584033 1118584031 9781118584019 1118584015 9781118584002 1118584007
2013039618
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 books.
P294.5
415
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"--
9781118584033 1118584031 9781118584019 1118584015 9781118584002 1118584007
2013039618
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 books.
P294.5
415