The Syntax of Time

By: Jacqueline Gu?ron

Any analysis of the syntax of time is based on a paradox: it must include a syntax-based theory of both tense construal and event construal. Yet while time is undimensional, events have a complex spatiotemporal structure that reflects their human participants. How can an event be flattened to fit into the linear time axis? Chomsky's The Minimalist Program, published in 1995, offers a way to address this problem. The studies collected in The Syntax...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262572176
• ISBN13: 9780262572170
• Release Date: May 2004
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 662 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.1" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher