Recent advances in the syntax and semantics of tense, aspect and modality
Recent advances in the syntax and semantics of tense, aspect and modality [electronic resource] /
edited by Louis de Saussure, Jacques Moeschler, Genoveva Puskás.
- Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, c2007.
- 253 p. : ill.
- Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs, 185 1861-4302 ; .
- Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ; 185. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Modals, emotives, and modal subordination / Nicholas Asher and Eric McCready -- The past and perfect of epistemic modals / Ronny Boogaart -- Aspectual composition in idioms / Sheila Glasbey -- A modified ExtendedNow for the present perfect / Björn Rothstein -- The passé simple/imparfait of French vs. the simple past/past progressive of English / Arie Molendijk -- Sequence of perfect / Tim Stowell -- Temporal and aspectual variation in ARIs / Ricardo Etxepare and Kleanthes K. Grohmann -- Economy constraints on temporal subordination / Hamida Demirdache and Myriam Uribe-Etxebarria -- Future time reference : truth-conditional pragmatics or semantics of acts of communication? / Kasia M. Jaszczolt -- When the present is all in the past / Pranav Anand and Valentine Hacquard -- Reference time without tense / Carlota S. Smith.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Grammar, Comparative and general--Temporal constructions.
Modality (Linguistics)
Semantics.
Electronic books.
P294.5 / .R43 2007eb
415
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Modals, emotives, and modal subordination / Nicholas Asher and Eric McCready -- The past and perfect of epistemic modals / Ronny Boogaart -- Aspectual composition in idioms / Sheila Glasbey -- A modified ExtendedNow for the present perfect / Björn Rothstein -- The passé simple/imparfait of French vs. the simple past/past progressive of English / Arie Molendijk -- Sequence of perfect / Tim Stowell -- Temporal and aspectual variation in ARIs / Ricardo Etxepare and Kleanthes K. Grohmann -- Economy constraints on temporal subordination / Hamida Demirdache and Myriam Uribe-Etxebarria -- Future time reference : truth-conditional pragmatics or semantics of acts of communication? / Kasia M. Jaszczolt -- When the present is all in the past / Pranav Anand and Valentine Hacquard -- Reference time without tense / Carlota S. Smith.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Grammar, Comparative and general--Temporal constructions.
Modality (Linguistics)
Semantics.
Electronic books.
P294.5 / .R43 2007eb
415