Aspect and reference time /

Investigating the temporal structure of language, this text deals with issues in the understanding of tense and aspect proposes a new approach to the main problems in the area, and seeks to establish the universal semantic properties of two important and contentious aspectual categories, perfectivit...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Principal: Borik, Olga, 1972-
Formato: Licensed eBooks
Idioma:inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Series:Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics ; 13.
Acceso en liña:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=192221
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Main theories of aspect (1) : the telicity approach
  • Perfectivity in Russian in terms of telicity : testing the hypothesis
  • Main theories of aspect (2) : the point of view approach
  • Reference time
  • Russian aspect in terms of reference time.