Temporality : universals and variation /

• Main Author: Bittner, Maria
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, West Sussex, UK : Wiley-Blackwell, 2014.
• Edition: First edition.
• Series: Explorations in semantics.
• Subjects: Grammar, Comparative and general > Temporal constructions.; Linguistic universals.; Language and languages > Variation.; Semantics.; Logic, Symbolic and mathematical > Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Natural language processing (Computer science) > Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Semantics > Handbooks, manuals, etc.; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Semantics.; Electronic books.

"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...