Record Nr.

UNINA9910956532603321

Autore

Hatav Galia

Titolo

The semantics of aspect and modality : evidence from English and biblical Hebrew / / Galia Hatav

Pubbl/distr/stampa


Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia : , : John Benjamins Pub. Co., , 1997

ISBN

1-283-28039-6

9786613280398

90-272-8196-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (234 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Studies in language companion series (SLCS), , 0165-7763 ; ; v. 34

Disciplina

401/.43

Soggetti

Hebrew language - Tense

Hebrew language - Modality

English language - Tense

English language - Modality

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

THE SEMANTICS OF ASPECT AND MODALITY EVIDENCE FROM ENGLISH AND BIBLICAL HEBREW; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1. Introduction - Temporality in Language; Chapter 2. Sequence; Chapter 3. Inclusion: The Progressive Aspect; Chapter 4. Modality; Chapter 5. The Perfect Aspect: Simultaneity, Anteriority and Backgrounding; Chapter 6. Conclusions and Suggestions for Future Research; References; Name Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

"The semantics of aspect and modality" will be of interest both to linguists working on temporality, as a general phenomenon in language, and Hebraists investigating the semantics of the verbal forms in biblical Hebrew.Tense, aspect and modality are among the most challenging discussed areas of language. Similarly, the semantics of the verbal system in biblical Hebrew has been investigated since the Middle Ages. Galia Hatav provides extensive critical overviews of research in both areas, and suggests a new approach for analyzing the biblical Hebrew verb system, showing it to be tenseless

Record Nr.

UNIORUON00090067