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Time in natural language : syntactic interfaces with semantics and discourse /

"Time in Natural Language investigates the relationship between the syntactic and semantic representations of sentences within the Minimalist Program. Thompson proposes an analysis which brings together the semantic theory of tense developed by Reichenbach and the syntactic representation propo...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Thompson, Ellen, 1967-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, 2005.
Series:Interface explorations ; 11.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Ch. 1. Time in natural language
  • Ch. 2. The structure of time adverbials
  • Ch. 3. Adjunct clauses and the structural representation of simultaneity
  • Ch. 4. The temporal syntax of arguments : reduced relatives in subject position
  • Ch. 5. Principles of time in discourse : temporal syntax beyond the sentence
  • Ch. 6. The structure of aspect
  • Ch. 7. Syntax and semantics of aspectual verbs.