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The Parameter of Aspect presents a unified theory of aspect within Universal Grammar. It provides an unusual combination of syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic approaches to a single domain, and gives detailed linguistic analyses of five languages with very different aspectual systems: English, Frenc...

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Main Author: Smith, Carlota S.
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 1997.
Edition:Second Edition.
Series:Studies in linguistics and philosophy ; 43.
Subjects:
Linguistics.
Semantics.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Preface. Introduction
  • Part I: 1. The Approach. 2. Situation Aspect. 3. The Linguistic Realization of the Situation Types. 4. Viewpoint Aspect. 5. Temporal Location. 6. The Formal Analysis of Aspect. 7. Aspectual Meaning in Discourse Representation Theory
  • Part II: Introduction to Part II. 8. The Aspectual System of English. 9. The Aspectual System of French. 10. The Aspectual System of Russian; with G. Rappaport. 11. The Aspectual System of Mandarin Chinese. 12. The Aspectual System of Navajo
  • References
  • General Index
  • Name Index.