The German Perfect : Its semantic composition and its interactions with temporal adverbials /
This book provides an extensive account of perfect constructions in German, of its numerous meaning effects, and of its interaction with temporal adverbials and temporal subclauses. By doing this, it takes the semantics of the whole German tense system into account, provides analyses of several temp...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands,
2002.
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| Series: | Studies in linguistics and philosophy ;
78. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | This book provides an extensive account of perfect constructions in German, of its numerous meaning effects, and of its interaction with temporal adverbials and temporal subclauses. By doing this, it takes the semantics of the whole German tense system into account, provides analyses of several temporal adverbials and their intricate behavior, and offers new ideas concerning the semantics of temporal subclauses. Although one of the main goals of the book is to integrate the results of the study into a formal semantic framework, it also considers many pragmatic factors as well as aspects concerning German syntax. The book will be of interest to scholars and advanced students interested in issues regarding tense, aspect, temporal adverbials, and temporal subclauses. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 275 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9789401005524 (electronic bk.) 9401005524 (electronic bk.) |
| ISSN: | 0924-4662 ; |