The Parameter of Aspect

2. Auflage 1997
ISBN: 978-0-7923-4657-9
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 353 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 1570 g

Reihe: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy

This work presents a unified theory of aspect within Universal Grammar. It provides an unusual combination of syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic approaches to a single domain, and gives detailed linguistic analyses of five languages with very different aspectual systems: English, French, Mandarin Chinese, Navajo and Russian. This second edition has been completely revised to include further development of the two-component theory, including new treatments of boundedness, dynamism and a general account of aspectual shifts. It includes syntactic and semantic tests.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Smith, C. S.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Textlinguistik, Diskursanalyse, Stilistik
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Semantik & Pragmatik
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Grammatik, Syntax, Morphologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

I.- 1: The Approach.- 2: Situation Aspect.- 3: The Linguistic Realization of the Situation Types.- 4: Viewpoint Aspect.- 5: Temporal Location.- 6: The Formal Analysis of Temporal Meaning.- 7: Aspectual Meaning in Discourse Representation Theory.- II Introduction To Part II.- 8: The Aspectual System of English.- 9: The Aspectual System of French.- 10: The Aspectual System of Russian with Gilbert Rappaport.- 11: The Aspectual System of Mandarin Chinese.- 12: The Aspectual System of Navajo.- References.- General Index.- Name Index.