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LINGUIST List 19.2751

Wed Sep 10 2008

Books: Semantics/Syntax/Morphology/Ling Theories: Rothstein

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        1.    Paul Peranteau, The Perfect Time Span: Rothstein
Message 1: The Perfect Time Span: Rothstein
Date: 08-Sep-2008
From: Paul Peranteau <paulbenjamins.com>
Subject: The Perfect Time Span: Rothstein
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Title: The Perfect Time Span
Subtitle: On the present perfect in German, Swedish and English
Series Title: Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today 125
Published: 2008
Publisher: John Benjamins
                http://www.benjamins.com/

Book URL: http://www.benjamins.com/cgi-bin/t_bookview.cgi?bookid=LA%20125

Author: Björn Rothstein
Hardback: ISBN: 9789027255082 Pages: Price: Europe EURO 115.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9789027255082 Pages: Price: U.S. $ 173.00
Abstract:

This book is the first book-length study on the Swedish present perfect. It
provides an in-depth exploration of the present perfect in English, German
and Swedish. It is claimed that only a discourse-based ExtendedNow-approach
fully accounts for the present perfect. The main claim is that the length
of the ExtendedNow-interval varies cross-linguistically. The book is
couched within the framework of the Discourse Representation Theory and
also within Distributed Morphology. It is shown that Swedish provides
empirical evidence against all previous research in the field. The
following questions are investigated: Is it possible to assign a single
uniform meaning to the present perfect? How can we account for the
different readings of the perfect? How can we account for the
cross-linguistic variation? These issues are addressed from a comparative
perspective by integrating previous research on the present perfect. This
book is of interest to all those working in the field of tense and aspect.

Linguistic Field(s): Linguistic Theories
                            Morphology
                            Semantics
                            Syntax

Subject Language(s): English (eng)
                            German, Standard (deu)
                            Swedish (swe)

Written In: English (eng )

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