Time and Modality (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781402083532)

Patterns in the Semantics of Generic Sentences.- Intensional Subjects and Indirect Contextual Anchoring.- Temporal Orientation in Conditionals.- On the Temporal Syntax of Non-Root Modals.- How to Say Ought in Foreign: The Composition of Weak Necessity Modals.- On the Temporal Function of Modal Verbs.- The English Perfect and the Metaphysics of Events.- Tense and Modality in Nominals.- Time With and Without Tense.- The English Konjunktiv II.- Phasing in Modals: Phases and the Epistemic/Root Distinction.

Author: Jacqueline Guéron
ISBN-10: 140208353X
ISBN-13: 9781402083532
Publisher: Springer
Language: English
Published: 07/31/2008
Pages: 296
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.31lbs
Size: 9.66h x 6.25w x 0.95d