Individuals in time : tense, aspect and the individual/stage distinction / Maria J. Arche.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Arche, María J.

Series:

Linguistik aktuell ; Bd. 94.

Linguistik aktuell = Linguistics today, 0166-0829 ; v. 94

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Verb phrase.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Grammar, Comparative and general--Aspect.

Grammar, Comparative and general--Tense.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (296 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This monograph investigates the temporal properties of those predicates referring to individuals - the so-called individual-level (IL) predicates - in contrast to those known as stage-level (SL) predicates. Many of the traditional tenets attributed to the IL/SL dichotomy are not solidly founded, this book claims, as it examines current theoretical issues concerning the syntax/semantics inter­face such as the relation between semantic prop­erties of predicates and their syntactic structure. By using the contrast found in Spanish copular clauses (ser vs. estar), Individuals in Time shows that the conception of IL predicates as permanent and stative cannot be maintained. The existence of nonstative IL predicates is demonstrated through analyzing the correlation between the syntactic presence of certain projections (specifi­cally, preposi­tional complements) and process-like aspect properties. This detailed examin­ation of IL predicates in the domains of inner aspect, outer aspect, and tense will be welcomed by scholars and students with an interest in event structure, tense, and aspect.

Contents:

Individuals in Time

Editorial page

Title page

LCC data

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Foreword

1. Presentation of the Study

2. Individual-Level Predicates

3. Event Classes and Individual-Level Predicates

4. Aspectual Alternations in Individual-Level Predicates

5. Outer Aspect and Individual-Level Predicates

6. Tense and Individual-Level Predicates

7. Conclusions and Final Remarks

References

Name Index

Subject Index

The series Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today.

Notes:

Version of the authors dissertation (doctoral)--Instituto Universitario Ortega y Gasset in Madrid, 2004.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-273) and indexes.

ISBN:

9786612155468

9781282155466

1282155466

9789027293343

9027293341

OCLC:

439778527