Aspectuality : an Onomasiological Model Applied to the Romance Languages /

This synchronic study presents a new onomasiological, frame-theoretical model for the description, classification and theoretical analysis of the cross-linguistic content category aspectuality. It deals specifically with those pieces of information, which, in their interplay, constitute the aspectua...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Dessì Schmid, Sarah (Author)
Corporate Author:	Walter de Gruyter & Co
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	In English.
Published:	Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2019]
Subjects:	Philology. Linguistics. Linguistics. Semantics & pragmatics. Grammar, syntax & morphology. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Semantics. Aspectuality. Onomasiology. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Frontmatter
Preface to English Edition
Preface
Contents
Introduction
1. The Temporal Structuring of States of Affairs
Tense, Aspect and Aktionsart
2. The Aspectual Domain
3. Aspectuality as a Complex, Semantic, Universal Category. Theoretical and Methodological Foundations
4. The Model of Aspectuality as an Internal Temporal Structuring of States of Affairs
5. Combinations of the Dimensions of Aspectuality in the Situation Frame: the First Level of the Model Applied
6. The Second Level of the Aspectuality Model Applied
7. Closing Remarks
Abbreviations
References
Author Index