Time in Natural Language: Syntactic Interfaces with Semantics and Discourse

Time in Natural Language investigates the relationship between the syntactic and semantic representations of sentences within the Minimalist Program. Thompson proposes an analysis which brings together the semantic theory of tense developed by Reichenbach and the syntactic representation proposed in contemporary generative grammar. By introducing a novel principle for the mapping from the meaning to the structure of time, Thompson is able to account for a wide variety of constructions involving temporal expressions.

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Time in Natural Language: Syntactic Interfaces with Semantics and Discourse

Time in Natural Language investigates the relationship between the syntactic and semantic representations of sentences within the Minimalist Program. Thompson proposes an analysis which brings together the semantic theory of tense developed by Reichenbach and the syntactic representation proposed in contemporary generative grammar. By introducing a novel principle for the mapping from the meaning to the structure of time, Thompson is able to account for a wide variety of constructions involving temporal expressions.

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Time in Natural Language: Syntactic Interfaces with Semantics and Discourse

Time in Natural Language: Syntactic Interfaces with Semantics and Discourse

by Ellen Thompson
Time in Natural Language: Syntactic Interfaces with Semantics and Discourse

Time in Natural Language: Syntactic Interfaces with Semantics and Discourse

by Ellen Thompson

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Time in Natural Language investigates the relationship between the syntactic and semantic representations of sentences within the Minimalist Program. Thompson proposes an analysis which brings together the semantic theory of tense developed by Reichenbach and the syntactic representation proposed in contemporary generative grammar. By introducing a novel principle for the mapping from the meaning to the structure of time, Thompson is able to account for a wide variety of constructions involving temporal expressions.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9783110197563
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
Publication date: 01/01/2005
Series: Interface Explorations [IE] Series
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 224
File size: 6 MB

About the Author

Ellen Thompson is Assistant Professor of Linguistics in the English Department, Florida International University, Miami, USA.

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