A Semantic and Pragmatic Model of Lexical and Grammatical Aspect (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780815328490)

First Published in 1997. This work studies two related phenomena in human language: the ability of verbs and other lexical items to describe how a situation (event or state) develops or holds in time (LEXICAL ASPECT) and the view some verbal auxiliaries and affixes present of the development or result of a situation at a given time (GRAMMATICAL ASPECT). Through this investigation the author seeks to reveal a formal situation structure represented by aspectual phenomena, a structure to which other linguistic elements make reference, particularly tense. This structure describes the semantics of aspect and provides a principled input to pragmatic aspectual interpretation.

Author: Mari B. Olsen
ISBN-10: 0815328494
ISBN-13: 9780815328490
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 07/01/1997
Pages: 340
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 8.52h x 6.02w x 0.95d