Date: 06-Dec-2009 From: Paul Peranteau <paulbenjamins.com> Subject: Cross-linguistic Semantics of Tense, Aspect, and Modality: Hogeweg, Hoop, Malchukov (Eds) E-mail this message to a friend
Title: Cross-linguistic Semantics of Tense, Aspect, and Modality
Series Title: Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today 148
Published: 2009
Publisher: John Benjamins
http://www.benjamins.com/
Editor: Lotte Hogeweg
Editor: Helen de Hoop
Editor: Andrej Malchukov
Electronic: ISBN: 9789027288936 Pages: Price: Europe EURO 105.00
Electronic: ISBN: 9789027288936 Pages: Price: U.S. $ 158.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9789027255310 Pages: Price: Europe EURO 105.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9789027255310 Pages: Price: U.S. $ 158.00
Abstract:
In recent years, we have witnessed, on the one hand, an increased interest in cross-linguistic data in formal semantic studies, and, on the other hand, an increased concern for semantic issues in language typology. However, only few studies combine semantic and typological research for a particular semantic domain (such as the papers in Bach et al. (1995) on quantification and Smith (1997) on aspect). This book brings together formal semanticists with a cross-linguistic perspective and/or those working on lesser-known languages, and typologists interested in semantic theory, to discuss semantic variation in the specific domain of Tense, Aspect, and Mood/Modality.