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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454110403321

Titolo

The expression of time [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Wolfgang Klein, Ping Li

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; New York, : Mouton de Gruyter, c2009

ISBN

3-11-173695-4

1-282-42573-0

9786612425738

3-11-019903-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (284 p.)

Collana

The expression of cognitive categories ; ; 3

Altri autori (Persone)

KleinWolfgang <1946 Feb. 3->

LiPing <1962->

Disciplina

415

Soggetti

Grammar, Comparative and general - Temporal constructions

Grammar, Comparative and general - Tense

Tense (Logic)

Time

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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



means to express it; other chapters are devoted to more specific questions, such as the acquisition of time, its