The Parameter of Aspect

The Parameter of Aspect
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Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages : 378
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ISBN-10 : 9780792346579
ISBN-13 : 0792346572
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Book Synopsis The Parameter of Aspect by : C.S. Smith

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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