Temporality : universals and variation / Maria Bittner. [electronic resource] Bittner, Maria. Grammar, Comparative and general Temporal constructions. Linguistic universals. Language and languages Variation. Semantics. P294.5 415 23 Includes bibliographical references (pages 308-317) and indexes. Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher. "Temporality surveys the ways in which languages of different types refer to past, present, and future events, through an in-depth examination of four major language types: tense-based English, tense-aspect-based Polish, aspect-based Chinese, and mood-based Kalaallisut. Cutting-edge research on directly compositional dynamic semantics of languages with and without grammatical tense New in-depth analysis of temporal, aspectual, modal, as well as nominal discourse reference Presents a novel logical language for representing linguistic meaning (Update with Centering) Develops a unified theory of tense, aspect, mood, and person as different types of 'grammatical centering systems' "-- Provided by publisher. "Cutting-edge research on directly compositional dynamic semantics of languages with and without grammatical tense"-- Provided by publisher. 2014 Text 1 online resource. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781118584002 eng Explorations in semantics Explorations in semantics. Temporality. Temporality.