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UNINA9910454110403321 |
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Titolo |
The expression of time [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Wolfgang Klein, Ping Li |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Berlin ; ; New York, : Mouton de Gruyter, c2009 |
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ISBN |
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3-11-173695-4 |
1-282-42573-0 |
9786612425738 |
3-11-019903-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (284 p.) |
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Collana |
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The expression of cognitive categories ; ; 3 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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KleinWolfgang <1946 Feb. 3-> |
LiPing <1962-> |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Grammar, Comparative and general - Temporal constructions |
Grammar, Comparative and general - Tense |
Tense (Logic) |
Time |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Concepts of time -- How time is encoded -- Temporal anaphora in a tenseless language -- Tenses in compositional semantics -- Temporality in first and second language acquisition -- New perspectives in analyzing aspectual distinctions across languages -- Verb aspect and the mental representation of situations -- Computational modeling of the expression of time -- Back matter |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Time is the most fundamental category of human cognition and action, and all human languages have developed many devices to express it. These include verbal categories, such as tense and aspect, but also adverbials, particles, and principles of discourse organisation. This book is intended as a tutorial for the study of how time is expressed in natural languages. Its chapters take the reader through a number of foundational issues, such as the various notions of time and the various |
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