Bittner, Maria. <br/><br/>
Temporality :  universals and variation / 
Maria Bittner. 
 - First edition. 
 - 1 online resource. 
 - Explorations in semantics .
 - Explorations in semantics. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 308-317) and indexes. 
<br/><br/> 'Temporality surveys the ways in which languages of different types refer to past, present, and future events, through an in-depth examination of four major language types: tense-based English, tense-aspect-based Polish, aspect-based Chinese, and mood-based Kalaallisut. Cutting-edge research on directly compositional dynamic semantics of languages with and without grammatical tense New in-depth analysis of temporal, aspectual, modal, as well as nominal discourse reference Presents a novel logical language for representing linguistic meaning (Update with Centering) Develops a unified theory of tense, aspect, mood, and person as different types of'grammatical centering systems''--  'Cutting-edge research on directly compositional dynamic semantics of languages with and without grammatical tense'-- 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781118584033 1118584031 9781118584019 1118584015 9781118584002 1118584007 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2013-039618 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Grammar, Comparative and general--Temporal constructions.<br/>Linguistic universals.<br/>Language and languages--Variation.<br/>Semantics.<br/>Logic, Symbolic and mathematical--Handbooks, manuals, etc.<br/>Natural language processing (Computer science)--Handbooks, manuals, etc.<br/>Semantics--Handbooks, manuals, etc.<br/>LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES--Linguistics--Semantics.<br/>Grammar, Comparative and general--Temporal constructions.<br/>Language and languages--Variation.<br/>Linguistic universals.<br/>Semantics.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>P294.5 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>415