1.

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

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910689769003321

Titolo

Implementing the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP) : hearing before the Committee on Environment and Public Works, United States Senate, One Hundred Seventh Congress, second session, on oversight of the restoration of the Everglades, September 13, 2002

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (iv, 152 p.) : ill

Soggetti

Restoration ecology - Florida - Everglades

Water quality management - Florida - Everglades

Wetland restoration - Florida - Everglades

Everglades (Fla.) Environmental conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911019780703321

Autore

Epstein Samuel

Titolo

Derivation and Explanation in the Minimalist Program

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, : John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2007

ISBN

9786611323028

9781281323026

1281323020

9780470704363

0470704365

9780470755662

0470755660

9780470754696

0470754699

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (330 p.)

Collana

Generative Syntax

Altri autori (Persone)

SeelyT. Daniel

Disciplina

415

Soggetti

Explanation (Linguistics)

Generative grammar

Minimalist theory (Linguistics)

Language / Linguistics

Languages & Literatures

Philology & Linguistics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Derivation and Explanation in the Minimalist Program; Contents; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; Introduction: On the Quest for Explanation; 1 ON THE STATUS OF REPRESENTATIONS AND DERIVATIONS; 2 ELIMINATING LABELS; 3 RULE APPLICATIONS AS CYCLES IN A LEVEL-FREE SYNTAX; 4 CRASH-PROOF SYNTAX; 5 REPROJECTIONS; 6 PRONOUNS AND THEIR ANTECEDENTS; 7 SCRAMBLING, CASE, AND INTERPRETABILITY; 8 RESUMPTION, SUCCESSIVE CYCLICITY, AND THE LOCALITY OF OPERATIONS; 9 VERY LOCAL A' MOVEMENT IN A ROOT-FIRST DERIVATION; 10 ARGUMENTS FOR A DERIVATIONAL APPROACH TO SYNTACTIC RELATIONS BASED ON CLITICS



11 ISSUES RELATING TO A DERIVATIONAL THEORY OF BINDINGINDEX;

Sommario/riassunto

Derivation and Explanation in the Minimalist Program presents accessible, cutting edge research on an enduring and fundamental question confronting all linguistic inquiry – the respective roles of derivation and representation.:.; Presents accessible, cutting edge research on the respective roles of derivation and representation in syntactic inquiry.; Discusses a wide range of phenomena and also includes alternative, representational perspectives.; Features papers by M. Brody, C. Collins, S. Epstein, J. Frampton, S. Gutmann, N. Hornstein, R. Kayne, H. Kitahara, J. McCloskey, N. Richards, D. Se