German Temporal Semantics: Three-Dimensional Tense Logic and a GPSG Fragment (Routledge Library Editions: Semantics and Semiology)

John A. Nerbonne

ISBN 10: 1138690325 / ISBN 13: 9781138690325

Published by Routledge 2018-02-27, 2018

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: German Temporal Semantics: Three-Dimensional Tense Logic and a GPSG Fragment (Routledge Library Editions: Semantics and Semiology)
• Publisher: Routledge 2018-02-27
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138690325
• ISBN 13: 9781138690325
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New

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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.

About the Author

John A. Nerbonne