A Semantic and Pragmatic Model of Lexical and Grammatical Aspect

by Mari B. Olsen

First Published in 1997. This work studies two related phenomena in human language: the ability of verbs and other lexical items to describe how a situation (event or state) develops or holds in time (LEXICAL ASPECT) and the view some verbal auxiliaries and affixes present of the development or result of a situation at a given time (GRAMMATICAL ASPECT). Through this investigation the author seeks to reveal a formal situation structure represented by aspectual phenomena, a structure to which other linguistic elements make reference, particularly tense. This structure describes the semantics of aspect and provides a principled input to pragmatic aspectual interpretation.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815328494
• ISBN13: 9780815328490
• Release Date: July 1997
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.5"