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Author : Karsten Schou
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (466 download)
Download or read book THE SEMANTICS OF THE ENGLISH VERB TENSES. written by Karsten Schou and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110199882
Total Pages : 854 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (11 download)
Download or read book The Grammar of the English Tense System written by and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2008-08-22 with total page 854 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Grammar of the English Tense System forms the first volume of a four-volume set, The Grammar of the English Verb Phrase. The other volumes, to appear over the next few years, will deal with mood and modality, aspect and voice. The book aims to provide a grammar of tense which can be used both as an advanced reference grammar (for example by MA-level or postgraduate students of English or linguistics) and as a scientific study which can act as a basis for and stimulus to further research. It provides not only a wealth of data but also a unique framework for the study of the English tense system, which achieves great predictive and explanatory power on the basis of a limited number of relatively simple rules. The framework provided allows for an analysis of the semantics of individual tenses which reflects the role of tenses not only in locating situations in time relative to speech time but also in relating situations in time relative to one another to form temporally coherent discourse. Attention is paid to the relations between tenses. On the one hand, we can identify sets of tenses linked to particular temporal areas such as the past or the future. These sets of tenses provide for the expression of a system of temporal relations in a stretch of discourse in which all the situations are located within the same temporal area. On the other hand, there are many contexts in which speakers might in theory choose between two or more tenses to locate a situation (e.g., when we choose between the past tense and the present perfect to locate a situation before speech time), and the book examines the difference that a choice of one or the other tense may make within a discourse context. The book moves from a detailed exploration of the meaning and use of individual tenses to a thorough analysis of the way in which tenses can be seen to function together as sets, and finally to a detailed examination of tenses in, and tenses interacting with, temporal adverbials. Original data is used frequently throughout the book to illustrate the theory discussed.
Author : Maria Aloni
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 131655273X
Total Pages : 1239 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (165 download)
Download or read book The Cambridge Handbook of Formal Semantics written by Maria Aloni and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-07-07 with total page 1239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Formal semantics - the scientific study of meaning in natural language - is one of the most fundamental and long-established areas of linguistics. This Handbook offers a comprehensive, yet compact guide to the field, bringing together research from a wide range of world-leading experts. Chapters include coverage of the historical context and foundation of contemporary formal semantics, a survey of the variety of formal/logical approaches to linguistic meaning and an overview of the major areas of research within current semantic theory, broadly conceived. The Handbook also explores the interfaces between semantics and neighbouring disciplines, including research in cognition and computation. This work will be essential reading for students and researchers working in linguistics, philosophy, psychology and computer science.
Author : Geoffrey N. Leech
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317867955
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (178 download)
Download or read book Meaning and the English Verb written by Geoffrey N. Leech and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-01-14 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every language has its peculiar problems of meaning for the foreign learner. In the English language, some of the biggest yet most fascinating problems are concentrated in the area of the finite verb phrase: in particular, tense, aspect, mood and modality. Meaning and the English Verb describes these fields in detail for teachers and advanced students of English as a foreign or second language. This new third edition uses up-to-date examples to show differences and similarities between American and British english, reflecting a great deal of recent research in this area. It also takes account of the subtle changes which are taking place in the language today. In print for over 30 years, Meaning and the English Verb has established itself as a recognised authority on the meaning and use of verb constructions in English. This updated third edition will ensure that it remains an invaluable text for teachers and students of English worldwide.
Author : Michael Grady
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110909057
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (19 download)
Download or read book Syntax and Semantics of the English Verb Phrase written by Michael Grady and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2017-12-04 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : F.R. Palmer
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317885988
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (178 download)
Download or read book The English Verb written by F.R. Palmer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-06-11 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A long established and highly regarded account of all aspects of the English verb taking account of recent work on tense, phase and aspect, and of the author's own research. Theoretical discussion is kept to a minimum, but the arguments are always presented within a modern theoretical framework.
Author : Alessandra Giorgi
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0195357884
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (953 download)
Download or read book Tense and Aspect written by Alessandra Giorgi and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1997-12-11 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors bridge the gap between the semantic and syntactic properties of verb tense and aspect, and suggest a unified account of tense and aspect using Chomsky's Principles and Parameters Framework. They compare tense and aspect systems in Romance languages with Germanic ones.
Author : David Maule
Publisher : VCTA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (2 download)
Download or read book The Naked Verb written by David Maule and published by VCTA. This book was released on 1991 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text gets away from the grammar of lists and exceptions and leads the learner to an understanding of the central meaning of each verb tense. It is designed on a self-access basis with tasks which involve the individual user in decision-making and encourage awareness of the living language.
Author : Stefan Hinterholzer
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 363877967X
Total Pages : 30 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (387 download)
Download or read book Grammatical and Semantic Functions of Verbs in the English Language written by Stefan Hinterholzer and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2007-11 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1, University of Innsbruck (Department of English), course: Language Awareness III, 3 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: The focus of this paper is on the different types and forms of verbs and especially on their semantic and grammatical function. Verbs can convey lexical meaning or solely be used for grammatical constructions without conveying meaning. First of all, their will be given a possible classification of verbs depending on their function either as conveyers of meaning or elements in grammatical constructions. Then, the functions of different verb forms will be looked at. Finally, the verb's role in a sentence and the distinction between phrasal verbs and prepositional verbs will be analyzed. In a more practical part the theory will be applied to texts and proved by that. The analysis of the texts is intended to provide a concrete understanding of the abstract theory that is depicted in the chapters at the beginning.
Author : Marc Schubert
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3656092591
Total Pages : 29 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (56 download)
Download or read book A Comparatative Approach to the English Tense System written by Marc Schubert and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2012 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seminar paper from the year 2011 in the subject English - Pedagogy, Didactics, Literature Studies, grade: 1,7, University of Hamburg, language: English, abstract: Robert Binnick (1991: vii) wrote "whoever has read in one book that English has three tenses, in another that it has two, and in yet a third that is has sixteen (...) may be pardoned for some confusion and some skepticism as to the claim of linguistic scholars to know a great deal about tense". This quotation illustrates the problem of the classification of the English tense system on which the focus of this paper will be based. Although linguists' knowledge of the tense system has increased over the years, the problem is that, as Robin Lakoff wrote, they "cannot account for many ways in which tenses are used in English" (Binnick 1991: vii). Therefore, English tense(s) have not yet been understood completely. By comparing different authors and frameworks, this paper will present different approaches to the English tense system. The aim is not to provide a perfect solution to all answers but to introduce different viewpoints and to go a step beyond the common conceptualization of the English language by presenting competing theories.
Author : Francis James
Publisher : Vancouver, B.C. : University of British Columbia Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Download or read book Semantics of the English Subjunctive written by Francis James and published by Vancouver, B.C. : University of British Columbia Press. This book was released on 1986 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, Francis James develops his theory that the Englishsubjunctive has one meaning. Explaining how modality expresses therelation between a representation and what is represented, Jamescompares the subjunctive to a 'blueprint,' a plan of what thearchitect intends the world to match, and the indicative to anartist's sketch of the same building, a 'record' to matchthe world. The subjunctive thus signifies the practicalworld-to-match-words modality, and the indicative, the theoreticalwords-to-match-world modality. In individual chapters, the author gives a unified account ofcurrent and earlier uses of the present and past subjunctive andcomments on how historical changes have affected the syntax of themoods. He extends his argument to demonstrate how the theory ofmodality can be applied to other modal forms in English and to moods inother languages.
Author : Robert I. Binnick
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0195345134
Total Pages : 579 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (953 download)
Download or read book Time and the Verb written by Robert I. Binnick and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1991-06-20 with total page 579 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive examination of tense and grammatical aspect provides fascinating insight into how languages indicate distinctions of time. Providing an in-depth survey of the scholarship from the ancient Greeks through the 1980s, Time and the Verb explains and evaluates every major issue and theory, concentrating on familiar Classical and modern European languages. An invaluable reference tool as well as a major contribution to the history of linguistic sciences, this book will be the standard against which future work on tense and aspect is measured.
Author : Marcel den Dikken
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107354587
Total Pages : 1412 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (73 download)
Download or read book The Cambridge Handbook of Generative Syntax written by Marcel den Dikken and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-07-25 with total page 1412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Syntax – the study of sentence structure – has been at the centre of generative linguistics from its inception and has developed rapidly and in various directions. The Cambridge Handbook of Generative Syntax provides a historical context for what is happening in the field of generative syntax today, a survey of the various generative approaches to syntactic structure available in the literature and an overview of the state of the art in the principal modules of the theory and the interfaces with semantics, phonology, information structure and sentence processing, as well as linguistic variation and language acquisition. This indispensable resource for advanced students, professional linguists (generative and non-generative alike) and scholars in related fields of inquiry presents a comprehensive survey of the field of generative syntactic research in all its variety, written by leading experts and providing a proper sense of the range of syntactic theories calling themselves generative.
Author : Alessandra Giorgi Associate Professor in the Department of Linguistics University of Bergamo
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0198025238
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (98 download)
Download or read book Tense and Aspect : From Semantics to Morphosyntax written by Alessandra Giorgi Associate Professor in the Department of Linguistics University of Bergamo and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1997-11-17 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors bridge the gap between the semantic and syntactic properties of verb tense and aspect, and suggest a unified account of tense and aspect using Chomsky's Principles and Parameters Framework. They compare tense and aspect systems in Romance languages with Germanic ones.
Author : Peter Fenn
Publisher : Gunter Narr Verlag
ISBN 13 : 9783878083726
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (837 download)
Download or read book A Semantic and Pragmatic Examination of the English Perfect written by Peter Fenn and published by Gunter Narr Verlag. This book was released on 1987 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Geoffrey N. Leech
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317867947
Total Pages : 187 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (178 download)
Download or read book Meaning and the English Verb written by Geoffrey N. Leech and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-01-14 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every language has its peculiar problems of meaning for the foreign learner. In the English language, some of the biggest yet most fascinating problems are concentrated in the area of the finite verb phrase: in particular, tense, aspect, mood and modality. Meaning and the English Verb describes these fields in detail for teachers and advanced students of English as a foreign or second language. This new third edition uses up-to-date examples to show differences and similarities between American and British english, reflecting a great deal of recent research in this area. It also takes account of the subtle changes which are taking place in the language today. In print for over 30 years, Meaning and the English Verb has established itself as a recognised authority on the meaning and use of verb constructions in English. This updated third edition will ensure that it remains an invaluable text for teachers and students of English worldwide.
Author : Cristina Grisot
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319967525
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (199 download)
Download or read book Cohesion, Coherence and Temporal Reference from an Experimental Corpus Pragmatics Perspective written by Cristina Grisot and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-10-06 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book provides new methodological and theoretical insights into temporal reference and its linguistic expression, from a cross-linguistic experimental corpus pragmatics approach. Verbal tenses, in general, and more specifically the categories of tense, grammatical and lexical aspect are treated as cohesion ties contributing to the temporal coherence of a discourse, as well as to the cognitive temporal coherence of the mental representations built in the language comprehension process. As such, it investigates the phenomenon of temporal reference at the interface between corpus linguistics, theoretical linguistics and pragmatics, experimental pragmatics, psycholinguistics, natural language processing and machine translation.
