03115nam 2200661 a 450 991095653260332120240514025834.01-283-28039-6978661328039890-272-8196-310.1075/slcs.34(CKB)2670000000113614(EBL)765219(OCoLC)748242125(SSID)ssj0001101443(PQKBManifestationID)11609220(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001101443(PQKBWorkID)11067324(PQKB)10464851(MiAaPQ)EBC765219(Au-PeEL)EBL765219(CaPaEBR)ebr10495918(DE-B1597)719981(DE-B1597)9789027281968(EXLCZ)99267000000011361419970224d1997 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe semantics of aspect and modality evidence from English and biblical Hebrew /Galia Hatav1st ed.Amsterdam ;Philadelphia :John Benjamins Pub. Co.,1997.1 online resource (234 pages) illustrationsStudies in language companion series (SLCS),0165-7763 ;v. 3490-272-3037-4 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.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"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 tenselessStudies in language companion series ;34.Hebrew languageTenseHebrew languageModalityEnglish languageTenseEnglish languageModalityHebrew languageTense.Hebrew languageModality.English languageTense.English languageModality.401/.43Hatav Galia1817584MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910956532603321The semantics of aspect and modality4375471UNINA