German Temporal Semantics (Routledge Library Editions: Semantics and Semiology) - Softcover

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Nerbonne, John A.

 
9781138690325: German Temporal Semantics (Routledge Library Editions: Semantics and Semiology)
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ISBN 10: 1138690325 ISBN 13: 9781138690325
Publisher: Routledge, 2018

Synopsis

First published in 1985, this book analyses temporal meaning in German. The framework is that of a model-theoretic semantics, more specifically one incorporating a multi-dimensional tense logic. The first chapter presents this logic and argues that three dimensions are optimal for the description of natural language temporalia. The second chapter applies this theory to the analysis of temporal meaning in German. Frame adverbials, the Present and Past Tenses, duratives, aspectual adverbials using in, and the adverbials particle schon are examined. Chapter 3 provides a formal syntax to bear the semantic analysis proposed in the second chapter and the final chapter explores syntactic and semantic extensions of the fragment, showing how the Perfect, the particle noch, the passive, and a distinct reading of frame adverbials may be accommodated.

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John A. Nerbonne

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2018
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1138690325
ISBN 13 
9781138690325
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
310

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