The Parameter of Aspect
| Author | : C.S. Smith |
| Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
| Total Pages | : 378 |
| Release | : 1997-08-31 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780792346579 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0792346572 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (572 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Parameter of Aspect written by C.S. Smith and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 1997-08-31 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work presents a unified theory of aspect within Universal Grammar. It provides an unusual combination of syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic approaches to a single domain, and gives detailed linguistic analyses of five languages with very different aspectual systems: English, French, Mandarin Chinese, Navajo and Russian. This second edition has been completely revised to include further development of the two-component theory, including new treatments of boundedness, dynamism and a general account of aspectual shifts. It includes syntactic and semantic tests.
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