Aspectual Grammar and Past Time Reference (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780415156783)

This study presents a semantic framework for analysing all aspectual constructions in terms of the event state distinction, and describes the grammatical expression of aspectual meaning in terms of a theory of grammatical constructions. In this theory, grammatical constructions, like words, are conventionalized form-meaning pairs, which are best described not only with respect to their intrinsic semantic values, but also with respect to the functional oppositions in which they participate.

Author: Laura a. Michaelis
ISBN-10: 0415156785
ISBN-13: 9780415156783
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 01/01/1998
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.38lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.75d