Tense-Aspect: Between Semantics & Pragmatics

The verbal categories of tense and aspect have been studied traditionally from the point of view of their reference to the timing and time-perspective of the speaker's reported experience. They are universal categories both in terms of the semantic-functional domain they cover as well as in terms of their syntactic and morphological realization. Nevertheless, their treatment in contemporary linguistics is often restricted and narrow based, often involving...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9027228655
• ISBN13: 9789027228659
• Release Date: January 1982
• Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
• Length: 350 Pages
• Weight: 1.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 9.7"