Temporality universals and variation 1st Edition by Maria Bittner 9781118584033 140519040X

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ISBN 10: 140519040X

ISBN 13: 9781118584033

Author: Maria Bittner

Temporality surveys the ways in which languages of different types refer to past, present, and future events, through an in-depth examination of four major language types: tense-based English, tense-aspect-based Polish, aspect-based Chinese, and mood-based Kalaallisut. Cutting-edge research on directly compositional dynamic semantics of languages with and without grammatical tense New in-depth analysis of temporal, aspectual, modal, as well as nominal discourse reference Presents a novel logical language for representing linguistic meaning (Update with Centering) Develops a unified theory of tense, aspect, mood, and person as different types of ‘grammatical centering systems’

Table of contents:

Part I: Semantic Universals

• Chapter 1: Direct Semantic Composition

• Chapter 2: Nominal Reference with Centering

• Chapter 3: Tense as Temporal Centering

• Chapter 4: Aspect as Eventuality Centering

• Chapter 5: Quantification as Reference to Sets

• Chapter 6: Mood as Illocutionary Centering

• Chapter 7: (In)direct Speech and Attitude Reports

Part II: Temporal Variation

• Chapter 8: Tense-Based Temporality in English

• Chapter 9: Tense-Aspect-Based Temporality in Polish

• Chapter 10: Aspect-Based Temporality in Mandarin

• Chapter 11: Mood-Based Temporality in Kalaallisut

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