02638nam 2200529 450 991081527650332120230814221922.03-11-054730-93-11-054911-510.1515/9783110549119(CKB)4100000002964639(MiAaPQ)EBC5156741(DE-B1597)482127(OCoLC)1029832224(DE-B1597)9783110549119(Au-PeEL)EBL5156741(CaPaEBR)ebr11567672(EXLCZ)99410000000296463920180619d2018 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierLooking at language /Wolfgang KleinBerlin ;Boston :Walter de Gruyter,[2018]©20181 online resource (528 pages)Trends in linguistics studies and monographs ;Volume 3173-11-054723-6 Frontmatter -- Contents -- Bibliography -- Introduction -- Concepts of time -- A time-relational analysis of Russian aspect -- An analysis of the German Perfekt -- Aspect and assertion in mandarin Chinese -- On times and arguments -- On the "Imperfective paradox" and related problems -- Local deixis in route directions -- Some notorious pitfalls in the analysis of spatial expressions -- Time and again -- On the scope of negation1 -- About the German particles schon and noch -- The information structure of French -- Quaestio and L-perspectivation -- Finiteness, universal grammar and the language faculty -- The basic variety (or: couldn't natural languages be much simpler?) -- Why case marking? -- The grammar of varieties -- IndexThe volume presents an essential selection collected from the essays of Wolfgang Klein. In addition to journal and book articles, many of them published by Mouton, this book features new and unpublished texts by the author. It focuses, among other topics, on information structure, the expression of grammatical categories and the structure of learner varieties.Trends in linguistics.Studies and monographs ;Volume 317.LinguisticsGrammatical Categories.Information Structure.Learner Varieties.Linguistics.410Klein Wolfgang153645MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910815276503321Looking at language4050606UNINA