edited by Jacqueline Guéron and Jacqueline Lecarme.
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Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
[London?] :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Springer,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2008.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (xvi, 296 pages)
SERIES
Series Title
Studies in natural language and linguistic theory ;
Volume Designation
75
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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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.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Time and Modality is a unique work of reference; not only does it unite studies which explore the syntax and semantics of tense or modality but it is the first book of its kind to embrace the interaction of tense and modality within a coherent generative model. Various topics are covered in this volume: among them are the counterfactual uses of conditionals, modals, and past tense; the irrealis use of perfective aspect; a special English subjunctive; the interaction of tense assignment and the definition of an event; the modal verb as a causative verb; the interaction of modality, tense, and a.
ACQUISITION INFORMATION NOTE
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Springer
Stock Number
978-1-4020-8353-2
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Time and modality.
International Standard Book Number
140208353X
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Grammar, Comparative and general-- Temporal constructions.
Grammar, Comparative and general-- Tense.
Grammar, Comparative and general-- Temporal constructions.
Grammar, Comparative and general-- Tense.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES-- Grammar & Punctuation.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES-- Linguistics-- Syntax.