Bittner, Maria. creator text bibliography Electronic books. enk 2014 First edition. monographic eng

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1 online resource. "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' "-- "Cutting-edge research on directly compositional dynamic semantics of languages with and without grammatical tense"-- Maria Bittner. Includes bibliographical references (pages 308-317) and indexes. Grammar, Comparative and general Temporal constructions Linguistic universals Language and languages Variation Semantics Logic, Symbolic and mathematical Handbooks, manuals, etc Natural language processing (Computer science) Handbooks, manuals, etc Semantics Handbooks, manuals, etc LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES Linguistics Semantics Grammar, Comparative and general Temporal constructions Language and languages Variation Linguistic universals Semantics P294.5 415 LAN016000 Bittner, Maria. Hoboken : Wiley-Blackwell, 2014 First Edition. (DLC) 2013038469 9781118584033 1118584031 9781118584019 1118584015 9781118584002 1118584007 2013039618 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781118584002 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781118584002 DLC 130927 20171105120220.0 ocn859168767 eng