02629nam 2200589 a 450 991082017920332120240516002122.01-282-38391-497866123839150-19-156748-5(CKB)2430000000010515(MiAaPQ)EBC3053577(Au-PeEL)EBL3053577(CaPaEBR)ebr10358478(CaONFJC)MIL238391(OCoLC)922969910(EXLCZ)99243000000001051520091112d2009 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierTense, aspect, and indexicality /James Higginbotham1st ed.Oxford ;New York Oxford University Pressc20091 online resource (xiv, 257 pages) illustrationsOxford studies in theoretical linguistics ;260-19-923932-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. [246]-254) and index.Tense, indexicality, and consequence -- On events in linguistic semantics -- Tensed thoughts -- Tensed second thoughts: comments on Richard -- Why is sequense of tense obligatory -- Anaphoric tense -- Accomplishments -- The English progressive -- The English perfect and the metaphysics of events -- Competence with demonstratives -- A plea for implicit anaphora -- Remembering, imagining and the first person.James Higginbotham's key contributions to work on tense, aspect, and indexicality explore the principles governing demonstrative, temporal, and indexical expressions in natural language and present new ideas in the semantics of sentence structure. A precious resource for students of semantics and syntactic theory in linguistics and philosophy.Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics ;26.Grammar, Comparative and generalAspectGrammar, Comparative and generalTenseIndexicals (Semantics)Semantics (Philosophy)Language and languagesPhilosophyGrammar, Comparative and generalAspect.Grammar, Comparative and generalTense.Indexicals (Semantics)Semantics (Philosophy)Language and languagesPhilosophy.415Higginbotham James290990MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910820179203321Tense, aspect, and indexicality3947972UNINA