A Semantic and Pragmatic Model of Lexical and Grammatical Aspect
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| Author | : Mari B. Olsen |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 340 |
| Release | : 2016-01-28 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781135655136 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1135655138 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (36 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis A Semantic and Pragmatic Model of Lexical and Grammatical Aspect by : Mari B. Olsen
Book excerpt: First Published in 1997. This work studies two related phenomena in human language: the ability of verbs and other lexical items to describe how a situation (event or state) develops or holds in time (LEXICAL ASPECT) and the view some verbal auxiliaries and affixes present of the development or result of a situation at a given time (GRAMMATICAL ASPECT). Through this investigation the author seeks to reveal a formal situation structure represented by aspectual phenomena, a structure to which other linguistic elements make reference, particularly tense. This structure describes the semantics of aspect and provides a principled input to pragmatic aspectual interpretation.
