Aspectual Grammar and Past Time Reference

By Laura A. Michaelis

Book Overview

This study presents a semantic framework for analysing all aspectual constructions in terms of the event state distinction, and describes the grammatical expression of aspectual meaning in terms of a theory of grammatical constructions. In this theory, grammatical constructions, like words, are conventionalized form-meaning pairs, which are best described not only with respect to their intrinsic semantic values, but also with respect to the functional oppositions in which they participate.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415653606
• ISBN13: 9780415653602
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"