Time and Modality

by Jacqueline Guéron

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9048178533
• ISBN13: 9789048178537
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"