ISBN:
9781402083549
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource
,
v.: digital
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Springer eBook Collection. Humanities, Social Science and Law Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory 75
DDC:
415.62
Keywords:
Linguistics Semantics
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Computational linguistics
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Semantics
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Grammar, Comparative and general Syntax
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Philosophy (General)
Abstract:
Here is a unique work of reference. Not only does it unite studies which explore the syntax and semantics of tense or modality, but it is the first book of its kind to embrace the interaction of tense and modality within a coherent generative model.
Abstract:
Time and Modality is a unique work of reference; not only does it unite studies which explore the syntax and semantics of tense or modality but it is the first book of its kind to embrace the interaction of tense and modality within a coherent generative model. Various topics are covered in this volume: among them are the counterfactual uses of conditionals, modals, and past tense; the irrealis use of perfective aspect; a special English subjunctive; the interaction of tense assignment and the definition of an event; the modal verb as a causative verb; the interaction of modality, tense, and aktionsart; the contrast between deontic and epistemic modal with respect to tense interpretation; the syntax of epistemic modals; the long-awaited definition of generic and habitual sentence; and the introduction of intensionality in copular clauses. Although every article deals with English to some degree, two chapters compare the syntax and semantics of tense and modality in Spanish vs English. The authors also investigate Slavic, Germanic, Afro-Asiatic, Oriental, Amerindian Languages and Hungarian. Written for:Researchers in logic, semantics and/or metaphysics of time, including cognition and philosophy of language, formal theories of semantics or pragmatics, as well as linguists who study the structure of the sentence, whether they are generativist grammarians or not
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction; Patterns in the Semantics of Generic Sentences; Intensional Subjects and Indirect Contextual Anchoring; Temporal Orientation in Conditionals; On the Temporal Syntax of Non-Root Modals; How to Say Ought in Foreign: The Composition of Weak Necessity Modals; On the Temporal Function of Modal Verbs; The English Perfect and the Metaphysics of Events; Tense and Modality in Nominals; Time With and Without Tense; The English Konjunktiv II; Phasing in Modals: Phases and the Epistemic/Root Distinction
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
DOI:
10.1007/978-1-4020-8354-9
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