The Time Window of Language: The Interaction between Linguistic and Non-Linguistic Knowledge in the Temporal Interpretation of German and English Texts / Edition 1

by Martin Trautwein

Overview

Focusing on English and German examples, the study deals with the temporal interpretation of texts in non-aspect languages. The author presumes that a coherent interpretation of a text results from a complex interaction between linguistic and extra-linguistic information. The study presents a unified account of the semantics of temporality which treats the varying grammatical factors (aspectual classes, tense, and discourse structure) in a systematic way.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783110182132
Publisher:	De Gruyter
Publication date:	11/16/2005
Series:	Language, Context and Cognition , #2
Edition description:	Reprint 2011
Pages:	407
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.06(h) x 0.04(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Martin Trautwein is a researcher at the Institute for Formal Ontology and Medical Information Science of the University of Leipzig, Germany.

Editorial Reviews

"[...] eine Studie auf hohem theoretischem Niveau [...]."
Michael Schreiber in: Germanistik 3-4/2007

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