Time and Modality

Jacqueline Guéron, Jacqueline Lecarme (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

296 Seiten

2010 | 1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 2008
Springer (Verlag)
978-90-481-7853-7 (ISBN)

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Here is a unique work of reference. Not only does it unite studies which explore the syntax and semantics of tense or modality, but it is the first book of its kind to embrace the interaction of tense and modality within a coherent generative model.

The papers in this volume were ?rstpresented at the International Round Table Time and Modality held in Paris in December of 2005 and organized by the Jeune ' Equipe B 368 Syntaxe anglaise et syntaxe comparative (Universite ' Paris3-Sorbonne Nouvelle) and by the Laboratoire de Linguistique Formelle (Centre National dela Recherche Scienti?que (CNRS) and UniversiteP ' aris 7). We wish to thank the institutions that provided ?nancial support for the Round Table: the CNRS, the Laboratoire de Linguistique Formelle,the Conseil Sci- ti?que(Universite 's Paris3 and Paris 7) and the Bureaudes Relations Internationales (UniversiteP ' aris3). vii Contents Preface ...vii Contributors ...xv Introduction ...1 1Tense ...2 2Aspect ...3 2. 1 Perfectand Perfectivity ...3 2. 2 Eventuality Type ...4 3 Modals and Modal Verbs ...5 3. 1 Subject/Speaker Orientation ...5 3. 2 The Temporal Location of Modal Verbs ...6 3. 3 The Temporal/Causal Function of Modal Verbs ...7 3. 4 The Temporal Syntax of Non-Root Modals ...8 3. 5 Weak Necessity Modals ...9 4 The Role of Past Morphology in Modal Contexts ...9 5 The Subjunctive ...10 6 Genericity ...11 7Copular Clauses ...11 8Conclusions and Open Problems...1
2 References ...14 Patterns in the Semantics of Generic Sentences ...17 Greg Carlson 1 The Setting ...17 2TheIssues ...18 3 Induction and Stipulation ...22 3. 1 Rules and Induction ...22 3. 2 What do Generic Sentencesdo? ...23 3. 3 Inductive Generalizations Again ...24 ix x Contents 4 Patterns ...25 4. 1 Patterns and Non-Patterns ...25 4. 2 Generic Sentences ...27 4. 3 Restriction ...

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 in Modals: Phases and the Epistemic/Root Distinction.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	22.11.2010
Reihe/Serie	Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory ; 75
Zusatzinfo	XVI, 296 p.
Verlagsort	Dordrecht
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Sprachphilosophie
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
ISBN-10	90-481-7853-3 / 9048178533
ISBN-13	978-90-481-7853-7 / 9789048178537
Zustand	Neuware