Time and Modality

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Guéron, Jacqueline (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Lecarme, Jacqueline (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2008.
• Σειρά: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory, 75
• Θέματα: Philosophy.; Language and languages > Philosophy.; Computational linguistics.; Semantics.; Syntax.; Linguistics.; Philosophy of Language.; Theoretical Linguistics.; Computational Linguistics.

Time and Modality is a unique work of reference; not only does it unite studies which explore the syntax and semantics of tense or modality but it is the first book of its kind to embrace the interaction of tense and modality within a coherent generative model. Various topics are covered in this vol...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Patterns in the Semantics of Generic Sentences
• Intensional Subjects and Indirect Contextual Anchoring
• Temporal Orientation in Conditionals
• On the Temporal Syntax of Non-Root Modals
• How to Say Ought in Foreign: The Composition of Weak Necessity Modals
• On the Temporal Function of Modal Verbs
• The English Perfect and the Metaphysics of Events
• Tense and Modality in Nominals
• Time With and Without Tense
• The English Konjunktiv II
• Phasing in Modals: Phases and the Epistemic/Root Distinction.