
Tense and Aspect
From Semantics to Morphosyntax
Oxford University Press Inc
Published on 22. January 1998
Book
Paperback/Softback
336 pages
978-0-19-509193-9 (ISBN)
Description
When studying the two concepts of tense and aspect linguists have commonly kept apart their semantic and syntactic properties. 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 and Germanic languages, allowing them to hypothesize principles of universal grammar related to tense and aspect, as well as explain language-specific phenomena. "They have achieved results in the area of tense and aspect that go well beyond what had been done previously." Richard Kayne, CUNY (series editor)
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
line illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
547 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-509193-9 (9780195091939)
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Persons
Alessandra Giorgi is Associate Professor in the Department of Linguistics, University of Bergamo, Italy.
Fabio Pianesi is a Research Scientist at the Institute for Technology and Scientific Research (IRST) in Trento, Italy.
Fabio Pianesi is a Research Scientist at the Institute for Technology and Scientific Research (IRST) in Trento, Italy.
Author
Professor of Modern PhilologyProfessor of Modern Philology, University of Catania, Italy
Professor of Computer ScienceProfessor of Computer Science, Institute for Scientific and Technological Research, Trento, Italy