Time : language, cognition & reality / edited by Kasia M. Jaszczolt and Louis de Saussure.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jaszczolt, Katarzyna, editor.

Saussure, Louis de, editor.

Series:

Oxford studies of time in language and thought ; 1.

Oxford studies of time in language and thought ; 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Temporal constructions.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Time--Psychological aspects.

Time.

Physical Description:

xi, 295 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.

Contents:

Part I Time, Tense, and Temporal Reference in Discourse

1 Temporal modification / Nicholas Asher Asher, Nicholas 15

2 Temporal reasoning as indexical inference / Alice G. B. ter Meulen Meulen, Alice G. B. ter 37

3 Perspectival interpretations of tenses / Louis de Saussure Saussure, Louis de 46

Part II Time and Modality

4 Modal auxiliaries and tense: the case of Dutch / Pieter Byloo Byloo, Pieter, Jan Nuyts Nuyts, Jan 73

5 Semantic and pragmatic aspects of the interaction of time and modality in French: an interval-based account / Laurent Gosselin Gosselin, Laurent 98

6 Modal conversational backgrounds and evidential bases in predictions: the view from the Italian modals / Andrea Rocci Rocci, Andrea 128

Part III Cognition and Metaphysics of Time

7 Experience, thought, and the metaphysics of time / Simon Prosser Prosser, Simon 157

8 Tensism / Peter Ludlow Ludlow, Peter 175

9 Temporality and epistemic commitment: an unresolved question / Kasia M. Jaszczolt Jaszczolt, Kasia M. 193

10 An account of English tense and aspect in Cognitive Grammar / Frank Brisard Brisard, Frank 210

11 Frames of reference and the linguistic conceptualization of time: present and future / Paul Chilton Chilton, Paul 236.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780199589876

0199589879

OCLC:

828415636