Future times, future tenses / edited by Philippe De Brabanter, Mikhail Kissine, and Saghie Sharifzadeh.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brabanter, Philippe de, editor.

Kissine, Mikhail, editor.

Sharifzadeh, Saghie, editor.

Series:

Oxford studies of time in language and thought

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Tense.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Physical Description:

xiv, 297 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.

Contents:

1 Future tense vs. future time: An introduction / Philippe De Brabanter Brabanter, Philippe De, Mikhail Kissine Kissine, Mikhail, Saghie Sharifzadeh Sharifzadeh, Saghie 1

2 Talking about the future: Unsettled truth and assertion / Isidora Stojanovic Stojanovic, Isidora 26

3 The interpretation of indefinites in future tense sentences: A novel argument for the modality of will?cFabio Del Prete 44

4 Causal chains for futurates / Bridget Copley Copley, Bridget 72

5 Future temporal reference in child language / Richard M. Weist Weist, Richard M. 87

6 Markers of futurity and aspect in West Greenlandic / Naja Trondhjem Trondhjem, Naja 114

7 Future tense, prospective aspect, and irrealis mood as part of the situation perspective: Insights from Basque, Turkish, and Papuan / Gerd Jendraschek Jendraschek, Gerd 138

8 The riddle of 'future tense' in Polish / Joanna Blaszczak Blaszczak, Joanna, Patrycja Jablonska Jablonska, Patrycja, Dorota Klimek-Jankowska Klimek-Jankowska, Dorota, Krzysztof Migdalski Migdalski, Krzysztof 165

9 On future in commands / Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald Aikhenvald, Alexandra Y. 205

10 Evidential futures: The case of Spanish / Victoria Escandell-Vidal Escandell-Vidal, Victoria 219

11 Future reference and current relevance with the French composed past / Louis de Saussure Saussure, Louis de 247.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [266]-288) and indexes.

ISBN:

9780199679157

0199679150

OCLC:

876285685