The Expression of Time

Bys: Wolfgang Klein and Ping Li

Time is the most fundamental category of human cognition and action, and all human languages have developed many devices to express it. These include verbal categories, such as tense and aspect, but also adverbials, particles, and principles of discourse organisation. This book is intended as a tutorial for the study of how time is expressed in natural languages. Its chapters take the reader through a number of foundational issues, such as the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110195828
• ISBN13: 9783110195828
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: de Gruyter Mouton
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"