Representing Time in Natural Language: The Dynamic Interpretation of Tense and Aspect

by G. B. Ter Meulen, Alice G.B. ter Meulen, G. B. Alice ter Meulen

Book Overview

Alice ter Meulen integrates current research in natural language semantics, with detailed analyses of English discourse, and logical tools from a variety of sources into an information theory that provides the foundation for computational systems to reason about change and the flow of time. The topic of temporal meaning in texts has received considerable attention in recent years from scholars in linguistics, logical semantics, cognitive science,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262700662
• ISBN13: 9780262700665
• Release Date: August 1997
• Publisher: Bradford Book
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 0.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher